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+create_user() {
+  getent passwd electroneum &>/dev/null || {
+    echo -n ">>> Creating electroneum user... "
+    useradd --system --user-group -m --home /var/lib/electroneum electroneum
+    echo "done"
+  } # NOTE: we do not autoremove user due to security concerns (Arch policy)
+  mkdir -p /var/log/electroneum && chown electroneum:electroneum /var/log/electroneum
+  mkdir -p /var/run/electroneum && chown electroneum:electroneum /var/run/electroneum
+  mkdir -p /var/lib/electroneum && chown electroneum:electroneum /var/lib/electroneum
+}
+
+post_install() {
+  create_user
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  create_user
+}