diff --git a/lam/lib/account.inc b/lam/lib/account.inc
index e1d3d20e..b9f0d4c9 100644
--- a/lam/lib/account.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/account.inc
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ $Id$
 * @return array list of shell names
 */
 function getshells() {
-	if (!isset($_SESSION['lampath'])) return array();
+	$shellPath = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/shells';
 	// Load shells from file
-	if (file_exists($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/shells')) {
-		$shells = file($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/shells');
+	if (file_exists($shellPath)) {
+		$shells = file($shellPath);
 		$i = 0;
 		while (count($shells) > $i) {
 			// remove whitespaces
diff --git a/lam/lib/lamPDF.inc b/lam/lib/lamPDF.inc
index 0c9a42fd..f99b36d6 100644
--- a/lam/lib/lamPDF.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/lamPDF.inc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class lamPDF extends UFPDF {
 	 */
 	function __construct($page_definitions = array(),$fontName) {
 		$this->fontName = $fontName;
-		define('FPDF_FONTPATH', $_SESSION['lampath'] . "lib/" . 'font/');
+		define('FPDF_FONTPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/font/');
 		// Call constructor of superclass
 		$this->FPDF('P','mm','A4');
 		
diff --git a/lam/lib/ldap.inc b/lam/lib/ldap.inc
index 34075ee6..fa12cbd3 100644
--- a/lam/lib/ldap.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/ldap.inc
@@ -186,23 +186,21 @@ class Ldap{
 		// change random number
 		mt_srand($this->rand + (microtime() * 1000000));
 		$this->rand = mt_rand();
-		// delete PDF files which are older than 10 min
-		if (isset($_SESSION['lampath'])) {
-			$relpath = $_SESSION['lampath'] . 'tmp/';
-			$time = time();
-			$dir = @opendir($relpath);
-			$file = @readdir($dir);
-			while ($file) {
-				if ((substr($file, -4) == '.pdf') || (substr($file, -4) == '.jpg')) {
-					$path = $relpath . $file;
-					if ($time - filemtime($path) > 600) {
-						@unlink($path);
-					}
+		// delete PDF files and images which are older than 10 min
+		$tmpDir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../tmp/';
+		$time = time();
+		$dir = @opendir($tmpDir);
+		$file = @readdir($dir);
+		while ($file) {
+			if ((substr($file, -4) == '.pdf') || (substr($file, -4) == '.jpg')) {
+				$path = $tmpDir . $file;
+				if ($time - filemtime($path) > 600) {
+					@unlink($path);
 				}
-				$file = @readdir($dir);
 			}
-			@closedir($dir);
+			$file = @readdir($dir);
 		}
+		@closedir($dir);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
index 35cd7910..3bf0683f 100644
--- a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ class inetOrgPerson extends baseModule implements passwordService {
 		$noPhoto = true;
 		if (isset($this->attributes['jpegPhoto'][0])) {
 			$jpeg_filename = 'jpg' . $_SESSION['ldap']->new_rand() . '.jpg';
-			$outjpeg = @fopen($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'tmp/' . $jpeg_filename, "wb");
+			$outjpeg = @fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../tmp/' . $jpeg_filename, "wb");
 			fwrite($outjpeg, $this->attributes['jpegPhoto'][0]);
 			fclose ($outjpeg);
 			$photoFile = '../../tmp/' . $jpeg_filename;
diff --git a/lam/lib/pdf.inc b/lam/lib/pdf.inc
index b9ad0795..893c117f 100644
--- a/lam/lib/pdf.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/pdf.inc
@@ -142,12 +142,8 @@ function createModulePDF($accounts,$pdf_structure="default") {
 	
 	// Close PDF
 	$pdf->Close();
-	// Get relative url path
-	$fullpath = realpath('.');
-	$subdirs = explode('/', str_replace($_SESSION['lampath'], '', $fullpath));
-	for ($i=0; $i<count($subdirs); $i++ ) $filename .= '../';
 	// use timestamp and random number from ldap.inc as filename so it should be unique.
-	$filename .= 'tmp/' . $_SESSION['ldap']->new_rand() . time() .'.pdf';
+	$filename .= '../../tmp/' . $_SESSION['ldap']->new_rand() . time() .'.pdf';
 	// Save PDF
 	$pdf->Output($filename);
 	// Output meta refresh to pdf-file
diff --git a/lam/lib/pdfstruct.inc b/lam/lib/pdfstruct.inc
index 29664655..01aa8650 100644
--- a/lam/lib/pdfstruct.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/pdfstruct.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ include_once("ldap.inc");
  */
 function getPDFStructureDefinitions($scope = "user") {
 	$return = array();
-	$path = $_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/pdf/';
+	$path = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/';
 	if(is_dir($path)) {
 		$dirHandle = opendir($path);
 		while($file = readdir($dirHandle)) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function getPDFStructureDefinitions($scope = "user") {
  */
 function loadPDFStructureDefinitions($scope='user',$pdf_structure='default') {
 	$parser = new xmlParser();
-	$file = $_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/pdf/' . $pdf_structure . '.' . $scope . '.xml';
+	$file = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/' . $pdf_structure . '.' . $scope . '.xml';
 	$xml = $parser->parse($file);
 	$border = array();
 	$structure = array();
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ function loadPDFStructureDefinitions($scope='user',$pdf_structure='default') {
 function savePDFStructureDefinitions($scope,$definition) {
 	if (!preg_match('/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+/',$definition)) return 'no perms';
 	if (!preg_match('/[a-zA-Z]+/',$scope)) return 'no perms';
-	$struct_file = ($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/pdf/' . $definition . '.' . $scope . '.xml');
-	if(!is_writable($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/pdf/')) {
+	$struct_file = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/' . $definition . '.' . $scope . '.xml';
+	if(!is_writable(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/')) {
 		return 'no perms';
 	}
 	else {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function savePDFStructureDefinitions($scope,$definition) {
 function deletePDFStructureDefinition($scope, $definition) {
 	if (!preg_match('/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+/',$definition)) return false;
 	if (!preg_match('/[a-zA-Z]+/',$scope)) return false;
-	$file = $_SESSION['lampath'] . 'config/pdf/' . $definition . '.' . $scope . '.xml';
+	$file = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/' . $definition . '.' . $scope . '.xml';
 	if(is_file($file) && is_writable($file)) {
 		return unlink($file);
 	}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function deletePDFStructureDefinition($scope, $definition) {
  */
 function getAvailableLogos() {
 	$return = array();
-	$dirPath = $_SESSION['lampath'] . '/config/pdf/logos/';
+	$dirPath = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config/pdf/logos/';
 	$dirHandle = opendir($dirPath);
 	while($file = readdir($dirHandle)) {
 		if(!is_dir($file) && $file != '.' && $file != '..' && preg_match('/\\.(jpg|png)$/',$file)) {
diff --git a/lam/lib/tree.inc b/lam/lib/tree.inc
index 4a293935..cafcc3a9 100644
--- a/lam/lib/tree.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/tree.inc
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ function get_enc_type( $user_password )
 function draw_jpeg_photos( $dn, $attr_name='jpegPhoto', $draw_delete_buttons=false,
 				$draw_bytes_and_size=true, $table_html_attrs='align="left"', $img_html_attrs='' )
 {
-	$jpeg_temp_dir = $_SESSION['lampath'] . 'tmp';
+	$jpeg_temp_dir = dirname(__FILE__) . '/../tmp';
 
 	$conn = $_SESSION['ldap']->server();
 	$search_result = ldap_read( $conn, $dn, 'objectClass=*', array( $attr_name ) );
diff --git a/lam/lib/types/user.inc b/lam/lib/types/user.inc
index ea67b6c6..acdf798f 100644
--- a/lam/lib/types/user.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/types/user.inc
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class lamUserList extends lamList {
 			}
 			$imgNumber = $_SESSION['ldap']->new_rand(); 
 			$jpeg_filename = 'jpg' . $imgNumber . '.jpg';
-			$outjpeg = @fopen($_SESSION['lampath'] . 'tmp/' . $jpeg_filename, "wb");
+			$outjpeg = @fopen(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../tmp/' . $jpeg_filename, "wb");
 			fwrite($outjpeg, $entry[$attribute][0]);
 			fclose ($outjpeg);
 			$photoFile = '../../tmp/' . $jpeg_filename;
diff --git a/lam/templates/login.php b/lam/templates/login.php
index d0d50bad..6d1ff989 100644
--- a/lam/templates/login.php
+++ b/lam/templates/login.php
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ if(isset($_POST['profile'])) {
 }
 
 // init some session variables
-$_SESSION['lampath'] = realpath('../') . "/";  // Save full path to lam in session
-
 $default_Config = new LAMCfgMain();
 $_SESSION["cfgMain"] = $default_Config;
 $default_Profile = $default_Config->default;