Drop privileges to BitlBee, running as root is *stupid*. diff -Naur bitlbee-1.2.3/bitlbee.conf bitlbee-1.2.3.new/bitlbee.conf --- bitlbee-1.2.3/bitlbee.conf 2008-09-06 14:33:13.000000000 +0200 +++ bitlbee-1.2.3.new/bitlbee.conf 2008-11-12 19:00:41.000000000 +0100 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ## If BitlBee is started by root as a daemon, it can drop root privileges, ## and change to the specified user. ## -# User = bitlbee +User = bitlbee ## DaemonPort/DaemonInterface: ##