Do I have to create stores as user "root" and nothing else?

["Kyle D. Chen" <kyle.chen@stanford.edu>]

Dear All,

I am a new user of minivend, so please excuse me if this question has been answered
before.

I am trying to install minivend onto my system using an account other than "root"
without success.  I am using a superuser account with root access already.  So I
finally gave up and installed it as user "root."  Then the system does not allow me to
create stores other than user "root."  It doesn't seem to make sense that minivend
requires "root" to do installation and store creation, because that would make remote
administration impossible.

I must have done something incorrectly.  Please help!!!

Thanks

Kyle