Ubuntu running server daemons as root

[J]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:47, Christopher Lemire
<christopher.lemire at gmail.com> wrote:
> I installed a dedicated Gobby server called sobby. It's running as root.
> That's a very bad idea. Please, somebody sudo apt-get install sobby, and
> tell me if it runs as root.

Sure does...

Immediately after installation
bladernr at klaatu:~/.xchat2/xchatlogs$ ps aux |grep sobby
root     13000  0.0  0.0  62828  3588 ?        S    17:52   0:00 /usr/bin/sobby

And a restart...
bladernr at klaatu:~/.xchat2/xchatlogs$ sudo service sobby restart
 * Stopping sobby

        [ OK ]
 * Starting sobby

        [ OK ]
bladernr at klaatu:~/.xchat2/xchatlogs$ ps aux |grep sobby
root     13555  3.0  0.0  62828  3580 ?        S    18:02   0:00 /usr/bin/sobby

so I opened a security bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sobby/+bug/594857

Cheers,
Jeff