diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bdf59094..506776ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ TFTPDIR ?= /var/lib/tftpboot
 # Warewulf directory paths
 VARLIST += WWCLIENTDIR WWCONFIGDIR WWPROVISIONDIR WWOVERLAYDIR WWCHROOTDIR WWTFTPDIR WWDOCDIR WWDATADIR
 WWCONFIGDIR := $(SYSCONFDIR)/$(WAREWULF)
-WWPROVISIONDIR := $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/$(WAREWULF)
+WWPROVISIONDIR := $(SRVDIR)/$(WAREWULF)
 WWOVERLAYDIR := $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/$(WAREWULF)/overlays
 WWCHROOTDIR := $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/$(WAREWULF)/chroots
 WWTFTPDIR := $(TFTPDIR)/$(WAREWULF)
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
index 4d405e91..eccab4ff 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/main.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	unixStat = fileStat.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
 	syncuids := false
 	if passwdTime.Before(time.Unix(int64(unixStat.Ctim.Sec), int64(unixStat.Ctim.Nsec))) {
-		if NoSyncUser {
+		if !SyncUser {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.WARN, "/etc/passwd has been modified, maybe you want to run syncuser\n")
 		}
 		syncuids = true
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	fileStat, _ = os.Stat(path.Join(containerPath, "/etc/group"))
 	unixStat = fileStat.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
 	if groupTime.Before(time.Unix(int64(unixStat.Ctim.Sec), int64(unixStat.Ctim.Nsec))) {
-		if NoSyncUser {
+		if !SyncUser {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.WARN, "/etc/group has been modified, maybe you want to run syncuser\n")
 		}
 		syncuids = true
 	}
 	wwlog.Printf(wwlog.DEBUG, "group: %v\n", time.Unix(int64(unixStat.Ctim.Sec), int64(unixStat.Ctim.Nsec)))
-	if syncuids && !NoSyncUser {
+	if syncuids && SyncUser {
 		err = container.SyncUids(containerName, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Error in user sync, fix error and run 'syncuser' manually, but trying to build container: %s\n", err)
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
index 5294b591..db8bea41 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ var (
 		},
 		FParseErrWhitelist: cobra.FParseErrWhitelist{UnknownFlags: true},
 	}
-	NoSyncUser bool
-	binds      []string
+	SyncUser bool
+	binds    []string
 )
 
 func init() {
 	baseCmd.AddCommand(child.GetCommand())
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, "Bind a local path into the container (must exist)")
-	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&NoSyncUser, "nosyncuser", false, "Don't synchronize uis/gods from host to container")
+	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&SyncUser, "syncuser", false, "Synchronize UIDs/GIDs from host to container")
 }
 
 // GetRootCommand returns the root cobra.Command for the application.
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/node/set/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/node/set/main.go
index 6460313e..e1da70d7 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/node/set/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/node/set/main.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			}
 
 			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.VERBOSE, "Node: %s:%s, Setting HW address to: %s\n", n.Id.Get(), SetNetName, SetHwaddr)
-			n.NetDevs[SetNetName].Hwaddr.Set(strings.ToLower(SetHwaddr))
+			n.NetDevs[SetNetName].Hwaddr.Set(SetHwaddr)
 		}
 
 		if SetType != "" {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
index f5e05fe8..7ece9ea7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/nodedb.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package warewulfd
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ func LoadNodeDB() error {
 
 	for _, n := range nodes {
 		for _, netdev := range n.NetDevs {
-			TmpMap[netdev.Hwaddr.Get()] = n
+			hwaddr := strings.ToLower(netdev.Hwaddr.Get())
+			TmpMap[hwaddr] = n
 		}
 	}