Create all directories and configs with root/root as owner

This matches distro practice
Merge pull request #17 from tas50/COOK-2521

COOK-2521: Create all directories and configs with root/root as owner
Merge pull request #18 from tas50/COOK-2540

Cook 2540: Stop syslog when on RHEL versions below 6
[COOK-2831] toggling of high precision timestamps
Merge pull request #19 from retr0h/COOK-2831

[COOK-2831] toggling of high precision timestamps
release v1.6.0
increment version for development