What is the purpose of user and group account created by systemd ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • What is the reason that on RHEL8, some new user and group related to systemd are created ?
    • user:
      systemd-coredump
      systemd-resolve
    • group:
      systemd-journal
      systemd-coredump
      systemd-resolve

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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