start-stop-daemon refuses to run as certain user

[Stefan Hornburg <racke@linuxia.de>]

start-stop-daemon (from latest potato) refuses to start MiniVend
as user minivend. Any hints ?

gundel:~# /etc/init.d/minivend start
Starting minivend: The Minivend server must not be run as root.

minivend.

#! /bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/minivend
NAME=minivend
DESC=minivend
USERNAME=minivend

test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
                --user $USERNAME --exec $DAEMON -- -f /etc/minivend/minivend.cfg
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;

[..]

Ciao
        Racke

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