diff --git a/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in b/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in

index b0c71d9..ac3c60f 100644

--- a/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in

+++ b/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Xalgorithm="DES"

 token=rwuser

 while test "x$done" = "x" -a "x$1" != "x" -a "x$usage" != "xyes"; do

+case "$1" in

+    -*=*) optarg=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;

+    *) optarg= ;;

+esac

 unset shifted

 case $1 in

@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ fi

 echo "$line" >> "$outfile"

 # Avoid that configure complains that this script ignores @datarootdir@

 echo "@datarootdir@" >/dev/null

-outfile="@datadir@/snmp/snmpd.conf"

+outfile="/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf"

 line="$token $user"

 echo "adding the following line to $outfile:"

 echo "   $line"