diff --git a/sbin/dm_deploy_ds_web_service.sh b/sbin/dm_deploy_ds_web_service.sh
index a22bac0adbb83a4a43b0a31133250e4008c7d79f..8662eb65d17c13d7c5e3fb13d8f53a4895552776 100755
--- a/sbin/dm_deploy_ds_web_service.sh
+++ b/sbin/dm_deploy_ds_web_service.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ DM_USER_SETUP_FILE=${DM_ETC_DIR}/${DM_DB_NAME}.setup.sh
 cmd="echo $DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_HOST | sed 's?DM_HOSTNAME?$DM_HOSTNAME?'"
 DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST=`eval $cmd`
 DM_WEB_SERVICE_PORT=$DM_DS_WEB_SERVICE_PORT
+DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT=`whoami`
 
 echo "DM web service host: $DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST"
 echo "DM install directory: $DM_INSTALL_DIR"
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ fi
 echo "Checking CA certificate"
 if [ ! -f $DM_CA_CERT_FILE ]; then
     echo "Creating DM CA"
-    /usr/bin/sudo $MY_DIR/dm_create_ca.sh || exit 1
+    $MY_DIR/dm_create_ca.sh || exit 1
     rsync -ar $DM_CA_DIR/cacert.pem $DM_CA_CERT_FILE
 else
     echo "DM CA certificate exists"
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ echo "Checking service certificates"
 if [ ! -f $DM_WEB_SERVICE_CERT_FILE -o ! -f $DM_WEB_SERVICE_KEY_FILE ]; then
     echo "Creating DM $DM_WEB_SERVICE_DAEMON certificate"
     if [ ! -f $DM_CA_DIR/certs/$DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST.crt ]; then
-        /usr/bin/sudo $MY_DIR/dm_create_server_cert.sh $DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST $DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST dm@aps.anl.gov || exit 1
+        $MY_DIR/dm_create_server_cert.sh $DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST $DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST dm@aps.anl.gov || exit 1
     fi
     rsync -ar $DM_CA_DIR/certs/$DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST.crt $DM_WEB_SERVICE_CERT_FILE
     rsync -ar $DM_CA_DIR/certs/$DM_WEB_SERVICE_HOST.key $DM_WEB_SERVICE_KEY_FILE
@@ -99,6 +100,18 @@ else
     echo "DM service certificate exists"
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$DM_STORAGE_DIR" ]; then
+    read -p "Enter full path to DM storage directory: " DM_STORAGE_DIR
+fi
+
+if [ -z "DM_STORAGE_DIR" ]; then
+   echo "DM storage directory directory cannot be empty."
+   exit 1
+fi
+echo "Verifying DM storage directory $DM_STORAGE_DIR"
+mkdir -p $DM_STORAGE_DIR || exit 1
+
+# Prepare setup file
 echo "Checking service configuration file"
 if [ ! -f $DM_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE ]; then
     echo "Generating service config file"
@@ -110,7 +123,6 @@ if [ ! -f $DM_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE ]; then
         | sed 's?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler.*?handler=TimedRotatingFileLoggingHandler(\"$DM_WEB_SERVICE_LOG_FILE\")?g' \
         | sed 's?DM_STORAGE_DIR?$DM_STORAGE_DIR?g' \
         | sed 's?DM_INSTALL_DIR?$DM_INSTALL_DIR?g' \
-        | sed 's?DM_DATA_DIR?$DM_DATA_DIR?g' \
         | sed 's?DM_HOSTNAME?$DM_HOSTNAME?g' \
         | sed 's?DM_DB_NAME?$DM_DB_NAME?g' \
         > $DM_WEB_SERVICE_CONFIG_FILE"
@@ -142,7 +154,6 @@ cmd="cat $versionFile | sed 's?__version__ =.*?__version__ = \"${DM_SOFTWARE_VER
 && mv $versionFile.2 $versionFile"
 eval $cmd
 
-# Prepare setup file
 echo "Preparing setup file"
 cmd="cat $DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/setup.sh.template \
         | sed 's?DM_ROOT_DIR=.*?DM_ROOT_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR?g' \
@@ -159,18 +170,18 @@ eval $cmd || exit 1
 
 # Prepare sudo rules 
 configureSudo="N"
-read -p "Would you like to configure sudo rules (requires root password) in order to allow the $DM_SYSTEM_USER user to manage user groups and file system permissions? [y|N] " configureSudo
+read -p "Would you like to configure sudo rules (requires root password) in order to allow the $DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT user to manage user groups and file system permissions? [y|N] " configureSudo
 if [ "$configureSudo" = "y" -o "$configureSudo" = "Y" ]; then
-    sudoersFile=/etc/sudoers.d/$USER
+    sudoersFile=/etc/sudoers.d/$DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT
     echo "Preparing DM sudo rules file $sudoersFile"
     cmd="su -c \"cat $DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/${DM_DB_NAME}.sudo-rules.template \
-        | sed 's?DM_DATA_DIR?$DM_DATA_DIR?g' \
-        | sed 's?DM_SYSTEM_USER?$USER?g' \
+        | sed 's?DM_STORAGE_DIR?$DM_STORAGE_DIR?g' \
+        | sed 's?DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT?$DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT?g' \
         | sed 's?DM_HOSTNAME?$DM_HOSTNAME?g' \
         > $sudoersFile\""
     eval $cmd || exit 1
 else
-    echo "Will not configure sudo access for $DM_SYSTEM_USER."
+    echo "Will not configure sudo access for $DM_SYSTEM_UNIX_ACCOUNT."
 fi
 
 echo "Starting ds web service for $DM_DB_NAME"