diff --git a/src/common/rclconfig.cpp b/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
index b078da7a..8b0ec6a1 100644
--- a/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rclconfig.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclconfig.cpp,v 1.40 2006-12-20 13:12:49 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclconfig.cpp,v 1.41 2007-02-02 10:12:58 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ string RclConfig::getDbDir()
 	}
     }
     LOGDEB1(("RclConfig::getDbDir: dbdir: [%s]\n", dbdir.c_str()));
-    return dbdir;
+    return path_canon(dbdir);
 }
 
 list<string> RclConfig::getSkippedNames()
@@ -446,16 +446,46 @@ list<string> RclConfig::getSkippedNames()
     if (getConfParam("skippedNames", skipped)) {
 	stringToStrings(skipped, skpl);
     }
-    // If current keydir is dbdir's ancestor, add dbdir name to skipped
-    // This is mainly for the real-time monitor that will otherwise go
-    // into a loop
-    // We'd prefer to do it for the direct ancestor only, but getSkippedNames()
-    // is only called for the topdirs, so this doesn't work
-    string kd = path_canon(getKeyDir());
-    string dbd = path_canon(getDbDir());
-    if (dbd.find(kd) == 0) {
-	skpl.push_back(path_getsimple(dbd));
+    return skpl;
+}
+
+list<string> RclConfig::getSkippedPaths()
+{
+    list<string> skpl;
+    string skipped;
+    if (getConfParam("skippedPaths", skipped)) {
+	stringToStrings(skipped, skpl);
     }
+    // Always add the dbdir and confdir to the skipped paths
+    skpl.push_back(getDbDir());
+    skpl.push_back(getConfDir());
+    for (list<string>::iterator it = skpl.begin(); it != skpl.end(); it++) {
+	*it = path_tildexpand(*it);
+	*it = path_canon(*it);
+    }
+    skpl.sort();
+    skpl.unique();
+    return skpl;
+}
+
+list<string> RclConfig::getDaemSkippedPaths()
+{
+    list<string> skpl = getSkippedPaths();
+
+    list<string> dskpl;
+    string skipped;
+    if (getConfParam("daemSkippedPaths", skipped)) {
+	stringToStrings(skipped, dskpl);
+    }
+
+    for (list<string>::iterator it = dskpl.begin(); it != dskpl.end(); it++) {
+	*it = path_tildexpand(*it);
+	*it = path_canon(*it);
+    }
+    dskpl.sort();
+
+    skpl.merge(dskpl);
+    skpl.unique();
     return skpl;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/rclconfig.h b/src/common/rclconfig.h
index ae0c7954..e7bcf706 100644
--- a/src/common/rclconfig.h
+++ b/src/common/rclconfig.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 #ifndef _RCLCONFIG_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _RCLCONFIG_H_INCLUDED_
-/* @(#$Id: rclconfig.h,v 1.30 2006-12-20 13:12:49 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
+/* @(#$Id: rclconfig.h,v 1.31 2007-02-02 10:12:58 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
 
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ class RclConfig {
     /** Get list of skipped names for current keydir */
     list<string> getSkippedNames();
 
+    /** Get list of skipped paths patterns. Doesn't depend on the keydir */
+    list<string> getSkippedPaths();
+
+    /** Get list of skipped paths patterns, daemon version (may add some)
+	Doesn't depend on the keydir */
+    list<string> getDaemSkippedPaths();
+
     /** 
      * Check if file name should be ignored because of suffix
      *
diff --git a/src/index/indexer.cpp b/src/index/indexer.cpp
index c7670f6f..64e9ebd6 100644
--- a/src/index/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/index/indexer.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: indexer.cpp,v 1.50 2006-12-21 09:22:31 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: indexer.cpp,v 1.51 2007-02-02 10:12:58 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ bool DbIndexer::indexDb(bool resetbefore, list<string> *topdirs)
 	m_updater->status.dbtotdocs = m_db.docCnt();
     }
 
-    // Always add dbdir and confdir to skipped paths.
-    m_walker.setSkippedPaths(list<string>());
-    m_walker.addSkippedPath(m_config->getConfDir());
-    m_walker.addSkippedPath(m_dbdir);
+    m_walker.setSkippedPaths(m_config->getSkippedPaths());
 
     for (list<string>::const_iterator it = topdirs->begin();
 	 it != topdirs->end(); it++) {
diff --git a/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp b/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
index a3d8d810..44e896bf 100644
--- a/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
+++ b/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "autoconfig.h"
 #ifdef RCL_MONITOR
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclmonrcv.cpp,v 1.9 2006-12-21 09:22:31 dockes Exp $ (C) 2006 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: rclmonrcv.cpp,v 1.10 2007-02-02 10:12:58 dockes Exp $ (C) 2006 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -128,13 +128,18 @@ void *rclMonRcvRun(void *q)
 
     // Walk the directory trees to add watches
     FsTreeWalker walker;
-    walker.addSkippedPath(queue->getConfig()->getConfDir());
+    walker.setSkippedPaths(queue->getConfig()->getDaemSkippedPaths());
     WalkCB walkcb(queue->getConfig(), mon, queue);
     for (list<string>::iterator it = tdl.begin(); it != tdl.end(); it++) {
 	queue->getConfig()->setKeyDir(*it);
-	// Adjust the skipped names according to config, and add the dbdir to
-	// skipped paths
+	// Adjust the skipped names according to config
 	walker.setSkippedNames(queue->getConfig()->getSkippedNames());
+	// Add the dbdir to skipped paths. Note that adding the dbdir
+	// is probably not useful as we'll probably never have
+	// multiple dbs per config file, and the global dbdir is
+	// included by
+	// config->getSkippedPaths(). Still, better to be safe here as
+	// config->including dbdir in the walk will get us into a loop
 	walker.addSkippedPath(queue->getConfig()->getDbDir());
 	LOGDEB(("rclMonRcvRun: walking %s\n", it->c_str()));
 	walker.walk(*it, walkcb);
diff --git a/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp b/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
index e88a3f8f..f8cdd860 100644
--- a/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: fstreewalk.cpp,v 1.10 2006-12-21 09:22:31 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
+static char rcsid[] = "@(#$Id: fstreewalk.cpp,v 1.11 2007-02-02 10:12:58 dockes Exp $ (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes";
 #endif
 /*
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ bool FsTreeWalker::setSkippedNames(const list<string> &patterns)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool FsTreeWalker::addSkippedPath(const string& path)
+bool FsTreeWalker::addSkippedPath(const string& ipath)
 {
+    string path = path_canon(ipath);
     if (find(data->skippedPaths.begin(), 
 	     data->skippedPaths.end(), path) == data->skippedPaths.end())
-	data->skippedPaths.push_back(path_canon(path));
+	data->skippedPaths.push_back(path);
     return true;
 }
 bool FsTreeWalker::setSkippedPaths(const list<string> &paths)
@@ -181,16 +182,16 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top,
 		data->logsyserr("stat", fn);
 		continue;
 	    }
-	    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-		if (!data->skippedPaths.empty()) {
-		    list<string>::const_iterator it;
-		    for (it = data->skippedPaths.begin(); 
-			 it != data->skippedPaths.end(); it++) {
-			if (fn == *it)
-			    goto skip;
-		    }
+	    if (!data->skippedPaths.empty()) {
+		list<string>::const_iterator it;
+		for (it = data->skippedPaths.begin(); 
+		     it != data->skippedPaths.end(); it++) {
+		    if (fnmatch(it->c_str(), fn.c_str(), FNM_PATHNAME) == 0) 
+			goto skip;
 		}
+	    }
 
+	    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 		if (data->options & FtwNoRecurse) {
 		    status = cb.processone(fn, &st, FtwDirEnter);
 		} else {