--- gmetad/conf.c.in.orig 2012-10-01 18:44:59.000000000 +0000 +++ gmetad/conf.c.in 2012-10-01 18:45:20.000000000 +0000 @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ config->trusted_hosts = NULL; config->debug_level = 0; config->should_setuid = 1; - config->setuid_username = "nobody"; + config->setuid_username = SETUID_USER; config->rrd_rootdir = "@varstatedir@/ganglia/rrds"; config->write_rrds = 1; config->scalable_mode = 1;