diff --git a/scripts/git-srv-admin.sh b/scripts/git-srv-admin.sh
index 9487c89d..2b4221c8 100644
--- a/scripts/git-srv-admin.sh
+++ b/scripts/git-srv-admin.sh
@@ -27,16 +27,18 @@ EOT
 log()
 {
 	echo $@
+	logger -t $myname "$@"
 }
 
 err()
 {
 	echo $@ >&2
+	logger -t $myname "error: $@"
 }
 
 fatal()
 {
-	err $@
+	err "fatal: $@"
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -64,23 +66,19 @@ check_user_is_self()
 # ----------------- commands
 md_p()
 {
-	if [ -d "$1" ]; then
-		return
-	fi
-	md_p `dirname $1` $2 $3 $4
+	[ -d "$1" ] && return
+	md_p `dirname "$1"` $2 $3 $4
 	md $@
 }
 
 cmd_cmd_create_repo_dir()
 {
-	if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
-		fatal "tried to create directory \"$dir\" as `whoami`, needs to be done as root"
-	fi
-
-	md_p /srv/git 750 root cvs
-	md_p /srv/git/$id 750 root cvs
-	md_p `dirname $dir` 750 $id jannet
-	md_p $dir 02750 $id `id -g $id`
+	[ "$UID" != 0 ] && fatal "tried to create directory \"$dir\" as `whoami`, needs to be done as root"
+	local gid=`id -g $id`
+	md_p /srv/git 750 root git
+	md_p /srv/git/$id 750 root git
+	md_p `dirname $dir` 750 $id $gid
+	md_p $dir 02750 $id $gid
 }
 
 cmd_create_repo()