$ # here dnscrypt-proxy.service is running $ id dnscrypt-proxy uid=62582(dnscrypt-proxy) gid=62582(dnscrypt-proxy) groups=62582(dnscrypt-proxy) $ sudo ls -lah /var/log/dnscrypt-proxy/ total 11M drwxr-xr-x 1 dnscrypt-proxy dnscrypt-proxy 156 Feb 6 20:12 . drwx------ 1 root root 28 Dec 27 22:18 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 dnscrypt-proxy dnscrypt-proxy 10M Feb 6 20:10 query-2022-02-06T20-10-43.555.log -rw-r--r-- 1 dnscrypt-proxy dnscrypt-proxy 0 Feb 7 20:26 query-2022-02-06T20-10-43.555.log.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 dnscrypt-proxy dnscrypt-proxy 32K Feb 7 20:26 query.log $ # now dnscrypt-proxy.service has exited $ id dnscrypt-proxy id: ‘dnscrypt-proxy’: no such user $ sudo ls -lah /var/log/dnscrypt-proxy/ total 11M drwxr-xr-x 1 62582 62582 156 Feb 6 20:12 . drwx------ 1 root root 28 Dec 27 22:18 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 62582 62582 10M Feb 6 20:10 query-2022-02-06T20-10-43.555.log -rw-r--r-- 1 62582 62582 0 Feb 7 20:56 query-2022-02-06T20-10-43.555.log.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 62582 62582 34K Feb 7 20:56 query.log