diff -uNrp mirall-1.0.2~/src/mirall/mirallconfigfile.cpp mirall-1.0.2/src/mirall/mirallconfigfile.cpp
--- mirall-1.0.2~/src/mirall/mirallconfigfile.cpp	2012-08-23 16:30:58.000000000 +0400
+++ mirall-1.0.2/src/mirall/mirallconfigfile.cpp	2012-08-23 16:38:07.000000000 +0400
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ QString MirallConfigFile::excludeFile()
     fi.setFile(exePath, exclFile );
 #endif
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-    fi.setFile( QString("/etc"), exclFile );
+    fi.setFile( QString("/etc/owncloud-client"), exclFile );
 #endif
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
     char buf[1024];