diff -Nru lsb-3.2/debian/changelog lsb-3.2/debian/changelog
--- lsb-3.2/debian/changelog	2008-06-04 13:19:07.000000000 -0500
+++ lsb-3.2/debian/changelog	2008-07-08 15:39:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lsb (3.2-12ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * init-functions: Replace pidofproc() call in status_of_proc() with a
+    /bin/pidof call, to allow any user to query service status (LP: #246735).
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:38:55 -0500
+
 lsb (3.2-12ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
diff -Nru lsb-3.2/init-functions lsb-3.2/init-functions
--- lsb-3.2/init-functions	2008-06-05 00:01:36.000000000 -0500
+++ lsb-3.2/init-functions	2008-07-08 16:17:51.000000000 -0500
@@ -152,11 +152,16 @@
     daemon="$1"
     name="$2"
     status="0"
-    pidofproc $daemon >/dev/null || status="$?"
-    if [ "$status" = "0" ]; then
-        log_success_msg "$name is running."
+    if [ -x /bin/pidof ]; then
+        /bin/pidof -o %PPID "$daemon" >/dev/null || status="$?"
+        if [ "$status" = 0 ]; then
+            log_success_msg "$name is running."
+        else
+            log_failure_msg "$name is not running."
+        fi
     else
-        log_failure_msg "$name is not running."
+        log_failure_msg "/bin/pidof not available."
+        status="1"
     fi
     return $status
 }