diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index bcc78e93..8d10c2ff 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+fail2ban (0.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  0.7.x versions of fail2ban is a complete rewrite of the tool since 0.6, and
+  is went through restructuring of the configuration files. If you had
+  adjusted config file /etc/fail2ban.conf or /etc/defaults/fail2ban, you need
+  to adjust new config files (under /etc/fail2ban/ and /etc/default/fail2ban)
+  to take advantage of the upgrade. Now fail2ban uses split configs and local
+  modifications can be introduced in corresponding .local files. Please
+  remove old configuration file /etc/fail2ban.conf thereafter.
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:31:15 -0400
+
 fail2ban (0.6.0-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   In this version the new section ApacheAttacks was introduced to ban IPs
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9fe4bcc4..f61821e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fail2ban (0.7.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+fail2ban (0.7.3-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
 
diff --git a/debian/fail2ban.init b/debian/fail2ban.init
index bbf50e0d..4e62d6fa 100644
--- a/debian/fail2ban.init
+++ b/debian/fail2ban.init
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ do_start()
 	#	0 if daemon has been started
 	#	1 if daemon was already running
 	#	2 if daemon could not be started
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON --test -- \
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --user root --exec $DAEMON --test -- \
 		$DAEMON_ARGS start > /dev/null \
 		|| return 1
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- \
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid root --exec $DAEMON -- \
 		$DAEMON_ARGS start > /dev/null\
 		|| return 2
 }