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Description of problem:
$subject

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-239-19.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Add test user
useradd --system foobar

1. Define a test service,

# /etc/systemd/system/test.service
[Service]
User=foobar
StateDirectory=foobar
ExecStart=/bin/sleep 1000

2. Create /var/lib/foobar as root
mkdir /var/lib/foobar

3. Run the test service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start test.service

Actual results:
/bin/sleep binary is running as foobar user, but StateDirectory /var/lib/foobar is still owned by root.


Expected results:
StateDirectory /var/lib/foobar should be owned by foobar user.


Additional info:
Upstream has fixed this behavior already. We need to backport,
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/206e9864de460dd79d9edd7bedb47dee168765e1

Thanks to Tom Gundersen for the report!

Backport at,

https://github.com/systemd-rhel/rhel-8/pull/44

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1794