Заебали блядь со своей ебучей заботой о долбоёбах. Линукс это новая шинда.
# cat collectd-fucking-assholes.patch
--- collectd-5.4.1/src/exec.c 2015-10-27 15:36:01.042718627 +0300
+++ collectd-5.4.1/src/exec.c 2015-10-27 15:36:50.022066320 +0300
@@ -420,11 +420,6 @@
uid = sp.pw_uid;
gid = sp.pw_gid;
- if (uid == 0)
- {
- ERROR ("exec plugin: Cowardly refusing to exec program as root.");
- return (-1);
- }
/* The group configured in the configfile is set as effective group, because
* this way the forked process can (re-)gain the user's primary group. */