diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 459d54460c..69a2b732d0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ libbasic_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/basic/string-util.h \
 	src/basic/fd-util.c \
 	src/basic/fd-util.h \
+	src/basic/user-util.c \
+	src/basic/user-util.h \
 	src/basic/extract-word.c \
 	src/basic/extract-word.h \
 	src/basic/escape.c \
diff --git a/src/basic/audit.c b/src/basic/audit.c
index af43ec8097..c9b762151a 100644
--- a/src/basic/audit.c
+++ b/src/basic/audit.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 int audit_session_from_pid(pid_t pid, uint32_t *id) {
diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
index 958497543a..4af991200c 100644
--- a/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/cgroup-util.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "special.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 int cg_enumerate_processes(const char *controller, const char *path, FILE **_f) {
diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c
index 949bd1f64d..65c93792fb 100644
--- a/src/basic/process-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 int get_process_state(pid_t pid) {
diff --git a/src/basic/user-util.c b/src/basic/user-util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..637391f4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/basic/user-util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
+
+/***
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "string-util.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
+
+bool uid_is_valid(uid_t uid) {
+
+        /* Some libc APIs use UID_INVALID as special placeholder */
+        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                return false;
+
+        /* A long time ago UIDs where 16bit, hence explicitly avoid the 16bit -1 too */
+        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFF)
+                return false;
+
+        return true;
+}
+
+int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid) {
+        unsigned long ul = 0;
+        uid_t uid;
+        int r;
+
+        assert(s);
+
+        r = safe_atolu(s, &ul);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        uid = (uid_t) ul;
+
+        if ((unsigned long) uid != ul)
+                return -ERANGE;
+
+        if (!uid_is_valid(uid))
+                return -ENXIO; /* we return ENXIO instead of EINVAL
+                                * here, to make it easy to distuingish
+                                * invalid numeric uids invalid
+                                * strings. */
+
+        if (ret_uid)
+                *ret_uid = uid;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+char *lookup_uid(uid_t uid) {
+        long bufsize;
+        char *name;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
+        struct passwd pwbuf, *pw = NULL;
+
+        /* Shortcut things to avoid NSS lookups */
+        if (uid == 0)
+                return strdup("root");
+
+        bufsize = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
+        if (bufsize <= 0)
+                bufsize = 4096;
+
+        buf = malloc(bufsize);
+        if (!buf)
+                return NULL;
+
+        if (getpwuid_r(uid, &pwbuf, buf, bufsize, &pw) == 0 && pw)
+                return strdup(pw->pw_name);
+
+        if (asprintf(&name, UID_FMT, uid) < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return name;
+}
+
+char* getlogname_malloc(void) {
+        uid_t uid;
+        struct stat st;
+
+        if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO) && fstat(STDIN_FILENO, &st) >= 0)
+                uid = st.st_uid;
+        else
+                uid = getuid();
+
+        return lookup_uid(uid);
+}
+
+char *getusername_malloc(void) {
+        const char *e;
+
+        e = getenv("USER");
+        if (e)
+                return strdup(e);
+
+        return lookup_uid(getuid());
+}
+
+int get_user_creds(
+                const char **username,
+                uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
+                const char **home,
+                const char **shell) {
+
+        struct passwd *p;
+        uid_t u;
+
+        assert(username);
+        assert(*username);
+
+        /* We enforce some special rules for uid=0: in order to avoid
+         * NSS lookups for root we hardcode its data. */
+
+        if (streq(*username, "root") || streq(*username, "0")) {
+                *username = "root";
+
+                if (uid)
+                        *uid = 0;
+
+                if (gid)
+                        *gid = 0;
+
+                if (home)
+                        *home = "/root";
+
+                if (shell)
+                        *shell = "/bin/sh";
+
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (parse_uid(*username, &u) >= 0) {
+                errno = 0;
+                p = getpwuid(u);
+
+                /* If there are multiple users with the same id, make
+                 * sure to leave $USER to the configured value instead
+                 * of the first occurrence in the database. However if
+                 * the uid was configured by a numeric uid, then let's
+                 * pick the real username from /etc/passwd. */
+                if (p)
+                        *username = p->pw_name;
+        } else {
+                errno = 0;
+                p = getpwnam(*username);
+        }
+
+        if (!p)
+                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
+
+        if (uid)
+                *uid = p->pw_uid;
+
+        if (gid)
+                *gid = p->pw_gid;
+
+        if (home)
+                *home = p->pw_dir;
+
+        if (shell)
+                *shell = p->pw_shell;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int get_group_creds(const char **groupname, gid_t *gid) {
+        struct group *g;
+        gid_t id;
+
+        assert(groupname);
+
+        /* We enforce some special rules for gid=0: in order to avoid
+         * NSS lookups for root we hardcode its data. */
+
+        if (streq(*groupname, "root") || streq(*groupname, "0")) {
+                *groupname = "root";
+
+                if (gid)
+                        *gid = 0;
+
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (parse_gid(*groupname, &id) >= 0) {
+                errno = 0;
+                g = getgrgid(id);
+
+                if (g)
+                        *groupname = g->gr_name;
+        } else {
+                errno = 0;
+                g = getgrnam(*groupname);
+        }
+
+        if (!g)
+                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
+
+        if (gid)
+                *gid = g->gr_gid;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+char* uid_to_name(uid_t uid) {
+        struct passwd *p;
+        char *r;
+
+        if (uid == 0)
+                return strdup("root");
+
+        p = getpwuid(uid);
+        if (p)
+                return strdup(p->pw_name);
+
+        if (asprintf(&r, UID_FMT, uid) < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return r;
+}
+
+char* gid_to_name(gid_t gid) {
+        struct group *p;
+        char *r;
+
+        if (gid == 0)
+                return strdup("root");
+
+        p = getgrgid(gid);
+        if (p)
+                return strdup(p->gr_name);
+
+        if (asprintf(&r, GID_FMT, gid) < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return r;
+}
+
+int in_gid(gid_t gid) {
+        gid_t *gids;
+        int ngroups_max, r, i;
+
+        if (getgid() == gid)
+                return 1;
+
+        if (getegid() == gid)
+                return 1;
+
+        ngroups_max = sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX);
+        assert(ngroups_max > 0);
+
+        gids = alloca(sizeof(gid_t) * ngroups_max);
+
+        r = getgroups(ngroups_max, gids);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < r; i++)
+                if (gids[i] == gid)
+                        return 1;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int in_group(const char *name) {
+        int r;
+        gid_t gid;
+
+        r = get_group_creds(&name, &gid);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return in_gid(gid);
+}
+
+int get_home_dir(char **_h) {
+        struct passwd *p;
+        const char *e;
+        char *h;
+        uid_t u;
+
+        assert(_h);
+
+        /* Take the user specified one */
+        e = secure_getenv("HOME");
+        if (e && path_is_absolute(e)) {
+                h = strdup(e);
+                if (!h)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                *_h = h;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Hardcode home directory for root to avoid NSS */
+        u = getuid();
+        if (u == 0) {
+                h = strdup("/root");
+                if (!h)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                *_h = h;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Check the database... */
+        errno = 0;
+        p = getpwuid(u);
+        if (!p)
+                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
+
+        if (!path_is_absolute(p->pw_dir))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        h = strdup(p->pw_dir);
+        if (!h)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        *_h = h;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int get_shell(char **_s) {
+        struct passwd *p;
+        const char *e;
+        char *s;
+        uid_t u;
+
+        assert(_s);
+
+        /* Take the user specified one */
+        e = getenv("SHELL");
+        if (e) {
+                s = strdup(e);
+                if (!s)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                *_s = s;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Hardcode home directory for root to avoid NSS */
+        u = getuid();
+        if (u == 0) {
+                s = strdup("/bin/sh");
+                if (!s)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                *_s = s;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Check the database... */
+        errno = 0;
+        p = getpwuid(u);
+        if (!p)
+                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
+
+        if (!path_is_absolute(p->pw_shell))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        s = strdup(p->pw_shell);
+        if (!s)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        *_s = s;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int reset_uid_gid(void) {
+
+        if (setgroups(0, NULL) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        if (setresgid(0, 0, 0) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        if (setresuid(0, 0, 0) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/user-util.h b/src/basic/user-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9263ede741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/basic/user-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+/***
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool uid_is_valid(uid_t uid);
+
+static inline bool gid_is_valid(gid_t gid) {
+        return uid_is_valid((uid_t) gid);
+}
+
+int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid);
+
+static inline int parse_gid(const char *s, gid_t *ret_gid) {
+        return parse_uid(s, (uid_t*) ret_gid);
+}
+
+char* lookup_uid(uid_t uid);
+char* getlogname_malloc(void);
+char* getusername_malloc(void);
+
+int get_user_creds(const char **username, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, const char **home, const char **shell);
+int get_group_creds(const char **groupname, gid_t *gid);
+
+char* uid_to_name(uid_t uid);
+char* gid_to_name(gid_t gid);
+
+int in_gid(gid_t gid);
+int in_group(const char *name);
+
+int get_home_dir(char **ret);
+int get_shell(char **_ret);
+
+int reset_uid_gid(void);
diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index c02dfc5bc9..010261b37d 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
@@ -168,47 +169,6 @@ int parse_pid(const char *s, pid_t* ret_pid) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-bool uid_is_valid(uid_t uid) {
-
-        /* Some libc APIs use UID_INVALID as special placeholder */
-        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFFFFFF)
-                return false;
-
-        /* A long time ago UIDs where 16bit, hence explicitly avoid the 16bit -1 too */
-        if (uid == (uid_t) 0xFFFF)
-                return false;
-
-        return true;
-}
-
-int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid) {
-        unsigned long ul = 0;
-        uid_t uid;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(s);
-
-        r = safe_atolu(s, &ul);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        uid = (uid_t) ul;
-
-        if ((unsigned long) uid != ul)
-                return -ERANGE;
-
-        if (!uid_is_valid(uid))
-                return -ENXIO; /* we return ENXIO instead of EINVAL
-                                * here, to make it easy to distuingish
-                                * invalid numeric uids invalid
-                                * strings. */
-
-        if (ret_uid)
-                *ret_uid = uid;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 int safe_atou(const char *s, unsigned *ret_u) {
         char *x = NULL;
         unsigned long l;
@@ -1437,55 +1397,6 @@ void rename_process(const char name[8]) {
         }
 }
 
-char *lookup_uid(uid_t uid) {
-        long bufsize;
-        char *name;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
-        struct passwd pwbuf, *pw = NULL;
-
-        /* Shortcut things to avoid NSS lookups */
-        if (uid == 0)
-                return strdup("root");
-
-        bufsize = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
-        if (bufsize <= 0)
-                bufsize = 4096;
-
-        buf = malloc(bufsize);
-        if (!buf)
-                return NULL;
-
-        if (getpwuid_r(uid, &pwbuf, buf, bufsize, &pw) == 0 && pw)
-                return strdup(pw->pw_name);
-
-        if (asprintf(&name, UID_FMT, uid) < 0)
-                return NULL;
-
-        return name;
-}
-
-char* getlogname_malloc(void) {
-        uid_t uid;
-        struct stat st;
-
-        if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO) && fstat(STDIN_FILENO, &st) >= 0)
-                uid = st.st_uid;
-        else
-                uid = getuid();
-
-        return lookup_uid(uid);
-}
-
-char *getusername_malloc(void) {
-        const char *e;
-
-        e = getenv("USER");
-        if (e)
-                return strdup(e);
-
-        return lookup_uid(getuid());
-}
-
 bool is_fs_type(const struct statfs *s, statfs_f_type_t magic_value) {
         assert(s);
         assert_cc(sizeof(statfs_f_type_t) >= sizeof(s->f_type));
@@ -2074,182 +1985,6 @@ int socket_from_display(const char *display, char **path) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int get_user_creds(
-                const char **username,
-                uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
-                const char **home,
-                const char **shell) {
-
-        struct passwd *p;
-        uid_t u;
-
-        assert(username);
-        assert(*username);
-
-        /* We enforce some special rules for uid=0: in order to avoid
-         * NSS lookups for root we hardcode its data. */
-
-        if (streq(*username, "root") || streq(*username, "0")) {
-                *username = "root";
-
-                if (uid)
-                        *uid = 0;
-
-                if (gid)
-                        *gid = 0;
-
-                if (home)
-                        *home = "/root";
-
-                if (shell)
-                        *shell = "/bin/sh";
-
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (parse_uid(*username, &u) >= 0) {
-                errno = 0;
-                p = getpwuid(u);
-
-                /* If there are multiple users with the same id, make
-                 * sure to leave $USER to the configured value instead
-                 * of the first occurrence in the database. However if
-                 * the uid was configured by a numeric uid, then let's
-                 * pick the real username from /etc/passwd. */
-                if (p)
-                        *username = p->pw_name;
-        } else {
-                errno = 0;
-                p = getpwnam(*username);
-        }
-
-        if (!p)
-                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
-
-        if (uid)
-                *uid = p->pw_uid;
-
-        if (gid)
-                *gid = p->pw_gid;
-
-        if (home)
-                *home = p->pw_dir;
-
-        if (shell)
-                *shell = p->pw_shell;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-char* uid_to_name(uid_t uid) {
-        struct passwd *p;
-        char *r;
-
-        if (uid == 0)
-                return strdup("root");
-
-        p = getpwuid(uid);
-        if (p)
-                return strdup(p->pw_name);
-
-        if (asprintf(&r, UID_FMT, uid) < 0)
-                return NULL;
-
-        return r;
-}
-
-char* gid_to_name(gid_t gid) {
-        struct group *p;
-        char *r;
-
-        if (gid == 0)
-                return strdup("root");
-
-        p = getgrgid(gid);
-        if (p)
-                return strdup(p->gr_name);
-
-        if (asprintf(&r, GID_FMT, gid) < 0)
-                return NULL;
-
-        return r;
-}
-
-int get_group_creds(const char **groupname, gid_t *gid) {
-        struct group *g;
-        gid_t id;
-
-        assert(groupname);
-
-        /* We enforce some special rules for gid=0: in order to avoid
-         * NSS lookups for root we hardcode its data. */
-
-        if (streq(*groupname, "root") || streq(*groupname, "0")) {
-                *groupname = "root";
-
-                if (gid)
-                        *gid = 0;
-
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (parse_gid(*groupname, &id) >= 0) {
-                errno = 0;
-                g = getgrgid(id);
-
-                if (g)
-                        *groupname = g->gr_name;
-        } else {
-                errno = 0;
-                g = getgrnam(*groupname);
-        }
-
-        if (!g)
-                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
-
-        if (gid)
-                *gid = g->gr_gid;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-int in_gid(gid_t gid) {
-        gid_t *gids;
-        int ngroups_max, r, i;
-
-        if (getgid() == gid)
-                return 1;
-
-        if (getegid() == gid)
-                return 1;
-
-        ngroups_max = sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX);
-        assert(ngroups_max > 0);
-
-        gids = alloca(sizeof(gid_t) * ngroups_max);
-
-        r = getgroups(ngroups_max, gids);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return -errno;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < r; i++)
-                if (gids[i] == gid)
-                        return 1;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-int in_group(const char *name) {
-        int r;
-        gid_t gid;
-
-        r = get_group_creds(&name, &gid);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        return in_gid(gid);
-}
-
 int glob_exists(const char *path) {
         _cleanup_globfree_ glob_t g = {};
         int k;
@@ -2864,100 +2599,6 @@ bool in_initrd(void) {
         return saved;
 }
 
-int get_home_dir(char **_h) {
-        struct passwd *p;
-        const char *e;
-        char *h;
-        uid_t u;
-
-        assert(_h);
-
-        /* Take the user specified one */
-        e = secure_getenv("HOME");
-        if (e && path_is_absolute(e)) {
-                h = strdup(e);
-                if (!h)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *_h = h;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Hardcode home directory for root to avoid NSS */
-        u = getuid();
-        if (u == 0) {
-                h = strdup("/root");
-                if (!h)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *_h = h;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Check the database... */
-        errno = 0;
-        p = getpwuid(u);
-        if (!p)
-                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
-
-        if (!path_is_absolute(p->pw_dir))
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        h = strdup(p->pw_dir);
-        if (!h)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        *_h = h;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-int get_shell(char **_s) {
-        struct passwd *p;
-        const char *e;
-        char *s;
-        uid_t u;
-
-        assert(_s);
-
-        /* Take the user specified one */
-        e = getenv("SHELL");
-        if (e) {
-                s = strdup(e);
-                if (!s)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *_s = s;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Hardcode home directory for root to avoid NSS */
-        u = getuid();
-        if (u == 0) {
-                s = strdup("/bin/sh");
-                if (!s)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *_s = s;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Check the database... */
-        errno = 0;
-        p = getpwuid(u);
-        if (!p)
-                return errno > 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
-
-        if (!path_is_absolute(p->pw_shell))
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        s = strdup(p->pw_shell);
-        if (!s)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        *_s = s;
-        return 0;
-}
-
 bool filename_is_valid(const char *p) {
 
         if (isempty(p))
@@ -4631,20 +4272,6 @@ int mount_move_root(const char *path) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int reset_uid_gid(void) {
-
-        if (setgroups(0, NULL) < 0)
-                return -errno;
-
-        if (setresgid(0, 0, 0) < 0)
-                return -errno;
-
-        if (setresuid(0, 0, 0) < 0)
-                return -errno;
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
 int getxattr_malloc(const char *path, const char *name, char **value, bool allow_symlink) {
         char *v;
         size_t l;
diff --git a/src/basic/util.h b/src/basic/util.h
index 1a56257cce..7d6412523c 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.h
+++ b/src/basic/util.h
@@ -91,14 +91,7 @@ int parse_size(const char *t, uint64_t base, uint64_t *size);
 
 int parse_boolean(const char *v) _pure_;
 int parse_pid(const char *s, pid_t* ret_pid);
-int parse_uid(const char *s, uid_t* ret_uid);
-#define parse_gid(s, ret_gid) parse_uid(s, ret_gid)
 
-bool uid_is_valid(uid_t uid);
-
-static inline bool gid_is_valid(gid_t gid) {
-        return uid_is_valid((uid_t) gid);
-}
 
 int safe_atou(const char *s, unsigned *ret_u);
 int safe_atoi(const char *s, int *ret_i);
@@ -252,10 +245,6 @@ static inline int dir_is_populated(const char *path) {
         return !r;
 }
 
-char* lookup_uid(uid_t uid);
-char* getlogname_malloc(void);
-char* getusername_malloc(void);
-
 int chmod_and_chown(const char *path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
 int fchmod_and_fchown(int fd, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
 
@@ -304,15 +293,6 @@ int fchmod_umask(int fd, mode_t mode);
 bool display_is_local(const char *display) _pure_;
 int socket_from_display(const char *display, char **path);
 
-int get_user_creds(const char **username, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, const char **home, const char **shell);
-int get_group_creds(const char **groupname, gid_t *gid);
-
-int in_gid(gid_t gid);
-int in_group(const char *name);
-
-char* uid_to_name(uid_t uid);
-char* gid_to_name(gid_t gid);
-
 int glob_exists(const char *path);
 int glob_extend(char ***strv, const char *path);
 
@@ -378,9 +358,6 @@ bool http_etag_is_valid(const char *etag);
 
 bool in_initrd(void);
 
-int get_home_dir(char **ret);
-int get_shell(char **_ret);
-
 static inline void freep(void *p) {
         free(*(void**) p);
 }
@@ -720,8 +697,6 @@ int parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *ret);
 
 int mount_move_root(const char *path);
 
-int reset_uid_gid(void);
-
 int getxattr_malloc(const char *path, const char *name, char **value, bool allow_symlink);
 int fgetxattr_malloc(int fd, const char *name, char **value);
 
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
index 1bbf984a2e..7e7574568c 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "proxy.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static char *arg_address = NULL;
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-xml-policy.c b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-xml-policy.c
index c5a1e09cf8..56dcfeab62 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-xml-policy.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-xml-policy.c
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 #include "sd-login.h"
 
 #include "bus-internal.h"
+#include "bus-xml-policy.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
 #include "set.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "xml.h"
-#include "bus-xml-policy.h"
 
 static void policy_item_free(PolicyItem *i) {
         assert(i);
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c b/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
index 168fc9ead0..a009ea76c4 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/stdio-bridge.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "proxy.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static char *arg_address = NULL;
diff --git a/src/core/bus-policy.c b/src/core/bus-policy.c
index a6a8fcd4d3..2490903a8c 100644
--- a/src/core/bus-policy.c
+++ b/src/core/bus-policy.c
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "kdbus.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "bus-kernel.h"
 #include "bus-policy.h"
+#include "kdbus.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 int bus_kernel_translate_access(BusPolicyAccess access) {
         assert(access >= 0);
diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 55da8ba4b7..3f2607ff1a 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 
diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 68ec730406..b0ca6fa10e 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "switch-root.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
 #include "watchdog.h"
 
diff --git a/src/core/socket.c b/src/core/socket.c
index e2085dac1c..7f401025ed 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.c
+++ b/src/core/socket.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "unit-name.h"
 #include "unit-printf.h"
 #include "unit.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static const UnitActiveState state_translation_table[_SOCKET_STATE_MAX] = {
         [SOCKET_DEAD] = UNIT_INACTIVE,
diff --git a/src/core/timer.c b/src/core/timer.c
index 4548a4fa52..908d45ac73 100644
--- a/src/core/timer.c
+++ b/src/core/timer.c
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 #include "dbus-timer.h"
 #include "special.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
 #include "unit.h"
-#include "timer.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static const UnitActiveState state_translation_table[_TIMER_STATE_MAX] = {
         [TIMER_DEAD] = UNIT_INACTIVE,
diff --git a/src/core/unit-printf.c b/src/core/unit-printf.c
index 5b62f2d65c..4a5c7efdb0 100644
--- a/src/core/unit-printf.c
+++ b/src/core/unit-printf.c
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
-#include "unit.h"
 #include "unit-printf.h"
+#include "unit.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static int specifier_prefix_and_instance(char specifier, void *data, void *userdata, char **ret) {
         Unit *u = userdata;
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index a054cc79b0..572b1c1b78 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
-#include "virt.h"
 #include "unit.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "virt.h"
 
 const UnitVTable * const unit_vtable[_UNIT_TYPE_MAX] = {
         [UNIT_SERVICE] = &service_vtable,
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c b/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c
index 92259fd5ef..bad6ea4242 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredump-vacuum.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_USE_LOWER (uint64_t) (1ULL*1024ULL*1024ULL)           /* 1 MiB */
diff --git a/src/journal/coredump.c b/src/journal/coredump.c
index 3b87eb5355..7336db219b 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredump.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredump.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "stacktrace.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 /* The maximum size up to which we process coredumps */
diff --git a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
index a497a4781b..f891ddffc6 100644
--- a/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/coredumpctl.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static enum {
         ACTION_NONE,
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index dee25841e1..6e452a4d51 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_FSS_INTERVAL_USEC (15*USEC_PER_MINUTE)
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-socket.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-socket.c
index 3273d9b0c2..42d7f80461 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-socket.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-socket.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "missing.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
index b55e81ce97..d3e846db84 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/busctl.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "set.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static bool arg_no_pager = false;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
index e1f480d058..6012004a0b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-login/sd-login.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 /* Error codes:
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
index 2467c126ae..8e3eeb15d8 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static int from_environment(const char *envname, const char *fallback, const char **ret) {
diff --git a/src/login/inhibit.c b/src/login/inhibit.c
index 5ff0957aed..f79f89af7e 100644
--- a/src/login/inhibit.c
+++ b/src/login/inhibit.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static const char* arg_what = "idle:sleep:shutdown";
diff --git a/src/login/loginctl.c b/src/login/loginctl.c
index bfc8716009..1cd186dec3 100644
--- a/src/login/loginctl.c
+++ b/src/login/loginctl.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "sysfs-show.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "verbs.h"
 
diff --git a/src/login/logind-action.c b/src/login/logind-action.c
index a44e369149..f06f8edc07 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-action.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-action.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "formats-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 int manager_handle_action(
                 Manager *m,
diff --git a/src/login/logind-core.c b/src/login/logind-core.c
index 3b6e982e9f..c2541e490b 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-core.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-core.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "udev-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 int manager_add_device(Manager *m, const char *sysfs, bool master, Device **_device) {
         Device *d;
diff --git a/src/login/logind-dbus.c b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
index 1677785467..6da1398b7d 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-dbus.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-dbus.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "udev-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 
 int manager_get_session_from_creds(Manager *m, sd_bus_message *message, const char *name, sd_bus_error *error, Session **ret) {
diff --git a/src/login/logind-inhibit.c b/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
index ec34535f83..c4b74eb734 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-inhibit.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "logind-inhibit.h"
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 Inhibitor* inhibitor_new(Manager *m, const char* id) {
diff --git a/src/login/logind-session.c b/src/login/logind-session.c
index 10f1cfef81..714b1cb299 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-session.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-session.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "mkdir.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #define RELEASE_USEC (20*USEC_PER_SEC)
diff --git a/src/login/logind-user-dbus.c b/src/login/logind-user-dbus.c
index 20ea2fbdc4..5975b579e9 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-user-dbus.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-user-dbus.c
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "strv.h"
 #include "bus-util.h"
-#include "logind.h"
-#include "logind-user.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "logind-user.h"
+#include "logind.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static int property_get_display(
                 sd_bus *bus,
diff --git a/src/login/logind-utmp.c b/src/login/logind-utmp.c
index 1e13ff01de..80e461f2dc 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-utmp.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-utmp.c
@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 
 #include "sd-messages.h"
-#include "strv.h"
-#include "special.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
+
 #include "audit.h"
-#include "bus-util.h"
-#include "bus-error.h"
 #include "bus-common-errors.h"
-#include "logind.h"
+#include "bus-error.h"
+#include "bus-util.h"
 #include "formats-util.h"
+#include "logind.h"
+#include "special.h"
+#include "strv.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 
 _const_ static usec_t when_wall(usec_t n, usec_t elapse) {
diff --git a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
index b5ce6cdca2..3c91fa8644 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
+++ b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static int property_get_pool_path(
                 sd_bus *bus,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
index 3096c4f72a..d04bb9bd9f 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 
-#include "networkd-netdev-tuntap.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "networkd-netdev-tuntap.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 #define TUN_DEV "/dev/net/tun"
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd.c b/src/network/networkd.c
index e6259043fa..1a17847715 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd.c
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 ***/
 
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
+
 #include "capability.h"
-#include "signal-util.h"
 #include "networkd.h"
+#include "signal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         _cleanup_manager_free_ Manager *m = NULL;
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-setuid.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-setuid.c
index 2a1dfd83a9..6b4ca5a3f3 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-setuid.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-setuid.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 static int spawn_getent(const char *database, const char *key, pid_t *rpid) {
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index f95842d252..f01a376af8 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "udev-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 typedef enum ContainerStatus {
diff --git a/src/nss-mymachines/nss-mymachines.c b/src/nss-mymachines/nss-mymachines.c
index d05a32290b..b98bde676b 100644
--- a/src/nss-mymachines/nss-mymachines.c
+++ b/src/nss-mymachines/nss-mymachines.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "nss-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 NSS_GETHOSTBYNAME_PROTOTYPES(mymachines);
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved.c b/src/resolve/resolved.c
index 32e61af925..df4eb6f63e 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved.c
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include "sd-event.h"
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
-#include "mkdir.h"
+#include "sd-event.h"
+
 #include "capability.h"
+#include "mkdir.h"
+#include "resolved-conf.h"
+#include "resolved-manager.h"
 #include "selinux-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
-
-#include "resolved-manager.h"
-#include "resolved-conf.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         _cleanup_(manager_freep) Manager *m = NULL;
diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index e81d0892e3..3646305961 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static bool arg_ask_password = true;
 static bool arg_scope = false;
diff --git a/src/shared/acl-util.c b/src/shared/acl-util.c
index 47295ae379..e8931daee2 100644
--- a/src/shared/acl-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/acl-util.c
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#include "acl-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "acl-util.h"
 
 int acl_find_uid(acl_t acl, uid_t uid, acl_entry_t *entry) {
         acl_entry_t i;
diff --git a/src/shared/install-printf.c b/src/shared/install-printf.c
index cbe984d2fb..224874f65c 100644
--- a/src/shared/install-printf.c
+++ b/src/shared/install-printf.c
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include "formats-util.h"
+#include "install-printf.h"
 #include "specifier.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "install-printf.h"
-#include "formats-util.h"
 
 static int specifier_prefix_and_instance(char specifier, void *data, void *userdata, char **ret) {
         UnitFileInstallInfo *i = userdata;
diff --git a/src/shared/uid-range.c b/src/shared/uid-range.c
index 4794ff45bb..079dd8752c 100644
--- a/src/shared/uid-range.c
+++ b/src/shared/uid-range.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include "util.h"
 #include "uid-range.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static bool uid_range_intersect(UidRange *range, uid_t start, uid_t nr) {
         assert(range);
diff --git a/src/shared/utmp-wtmp.c b/src/shared/utmp-wtmp.c
index 93e6313360..1e6ac2f27d 100644
--- a/src/shared/utmp-wtmp.c
+++ b/src/shared/utmp-wtmp.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 
 int utmp_get_runlevel(int *runlevel, int *previous) {
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 49acea1dd2..fe4213c085 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "utmp-wtmp.h"
 #include "verbs.h"
diff --git a/src/sysusers/sysusers.c b/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
index 547bd1b344..177432bf9f 100644
--- a/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
+++ b/src/sysusers/sysusers.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 typedef enum ItemType {
         ADD_USER = 'u',
diff --git a/src/test/test-ipcrm.c b/src/test/test-ipcrm.c
index 4944bf6ad9..5841cb3fb1 100644
--- a/src/test/test-ipcrm.c
+++ b/src/test/test-ipcrm.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ***/
 
-#include "util.h"
 #include "clean-ipc.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         uid_t uid;
diff --git a/src/test/test-util.c b/src/test/test-util.c
index 86895733c0..c1f8a866af 100644
--- a/src/test/test-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-util.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static void test_streq_ptr(void) {
         assert_se(streq_ptr(NULL, NULL));
diff --git a/src/timesync/timesyncd.c b/src/timesync/timesyncd.c
index 7755a6d89f..7a0ab18ca0 100644
--- a/src/timesync/timesyncd.c
+++ b/src/timesync/timesyncd.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "timesyncd-conf.h"
 #include "timesyncd-manager.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 
 static int load_clock_timestamp(uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 457d721303..05c4661a2c 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "specifier.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 /* This reads all files listed in /etc/tmpfiles.d/?*.conf and creates
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-rules.c b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
index f99d1a86c9..311d515645 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-rules.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-rules.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "sysctl-util.h"
 #include "udev.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #define PREALLOC_TOKEN          2048