running tests as root

[Geoffrey Young]

hi all...
  I'm actually in the situation where I need to run Apache with 'User root' 
(yes, I know, I know...)

  anyway, I'd like to write tests for that situation, but 
TestConfig::default_user() won't let me run tests as root and setting User 
in extra.conf.in (so that there are two User settings) doesn't seem to 
effect Apache in 1.3.

  is there a particular reason this restriction is coded in such a way that 
I can't get around it, no matter what, if I _want_ to run Apache as root?

--Geoff