Apache spawned a root process

It is normal. The process running as root spawned all of the sub-processes running as www-data. It'll start and shutdown more of the processes as needed.

Running 'pstree -p' will show you that the root process is the one that started it all.

Thanks for the info.

Paranoia getting the best of me :oops:

@drewtown:

Paranoia getting the best of me :oops:
For server security, paranoia is good. Remember the old joke: just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.