httpd running as root :s

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Help: Apache is running as root

Help, It's looking like Apache is running as root :s How can I fix this?

I've tried:
service httpd restart
restart using directadmin

httpd.conf

User apache
Group apache

top

3192 root 16 0 18596 18M 18336 S 68.5 1.8 0:30 0 httpd

ps -ef | grep httpd

root 14107 1 0 10:02 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_PHP4 -DHAVE_MMAP_STATIC -DHAVE_VHOST_ALIAS -DHAVE_ENV -DHAVE_DEFINE -DHAVE_LOG_CONFIG -DHAVE_LOG_AGENT -DHAVE_LOG_REFERER -DHAVE_MIME_MAGIC -DHAVE_MIME -DHAVE_NEGOTIATION -DHAVE_STATUS -DHAVE_INFO -DHAVE_INCLUDE -DHAVE_AUTOINDEX -DHAVE_DIR -DHAVE_CG
apache 14117 14107 0 10:02 ? 00:00:10 /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_PHP4 -DHAVE_MMAP_STATIC -DHAVE_VHOST_ALIAS -DHAVE_ENV -DHAVE_DEFINE -DHAVE_LOG_CONFIG -DHAVE_LOG_AGENT -DHAVE_LOG_REFERER -DHAVE_MIME_MAGIC -DHAVE_MIME -DHAVE_NEGOTIATION -DHAVE_STATUS -DHAVE_INFO -DHAVE_INCLUDE -DHAVE_AUTOINDEX -DHAVE_DIR -DHAVE_CG

 

[jmstacey]

At least one apache process must run as root, otherwise it would not have any power to run as other users.
If apache's child processes are also running as root then you have a problem, otherwise it is normal.

 

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