diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/oam/install_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index d698dabf3..9ed5144a5 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+SET (DEFAULT_USER "mysql")
+SET (DEFAULT_GROUP "mysql")
+
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstoreSyslogSetup.sh.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstoreSyslogSetup.sh" @ONLY)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstore-post-install.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstore-post-install" @ONLY)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstore.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstore" @ONLY)
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-storagemanager.service.in" "${CM
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-stop-controllernode.sh.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-stop-controllernode.sh" @ONLY)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-loadbrm.py.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-loadbrm.py" @ONLY)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-savebrm.py.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mcs-savebrm.py" @ONLY)
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstoreSyslog.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/columnstoreSyslog" @ONLY)
 
 install(PROGRAMS columnstore-post-install 
                 columnstore-pre-uninstall 
@@ -74,4 +78,3 @@ install(FILES mariadb-columnstore.service
               DESTINATION ${ENGINE_SUPPORTDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
 
 install(FILES  module DESTINATION ${ENGINE_DATADIR}/local COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
-
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/columnstore-post-install.in b/oam/install_scripts/columnstore-post-install.in
index 5107014fd..3943e9358 100755
--- a/oam/install_scripts/columnstore-post-install.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/columnstore-post-install.in
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ fi
 #change ownership/permissions to be able to run columnstore as non-root
 # TODO: Remove conditional once container dispatcher uses non-root by default
 if [ $(running_systemd) -eq 0 ]; then
-    chown -R mysql:mysql /var/log/mariadb/columnstore
-    chown -R mysql:mysql /etc/columnstore
-    chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/columnstore
-    chown -R mysql:mysql /tmp/columnstore_tmp_files
+    chown -R @DEFAULT_USER@:@DEFAULT_GROUP@ /var/log/mariadb/columnstore
+    chown -R @DEFAULT_USER@:@DEFAULT_GROUP@ /etc/columnstore
+    chown -R @DEFAULT_USER@:@DEFAULT_GROUP@ /var/lib/columnstore
+    chown -R @DEFAULT_USER@:@DEFAULT_GROUP@ /tmp/columnstore_tmp_files
     chmod 777 /tmp/columnstore_tmp_files
     chmod 777 /dev/shm
 fi
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog b/oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog.in
similarity index 85%
rename from oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog
rename to oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog.in
index 8820550ed..a4a908a2f 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/columnstoreSyslog.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MariaDB Columnstore Database Platform Logging
-$FileOwner mysql
-$FileGroup mysql
+$FileOwner @DEFAULT_USER@
+$FileGroup @DEFAULT_GROUP@
 local1.=crit -/var/log/mariadb/columnstore/crit.log
 local1.=err -/var/log/mariadb/columnstore/err.log
 local1.=warning -/var/log/mariadb/columnstore/warning.log
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-controllernode.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-controllernode.service.in
index ae5a1edce..4764c9fb0 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-controllernode.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-controllernode.service.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-workernode@1.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-ddlproc.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-ddlproc.service.in
index a4fd60a7b..3d28c47cb 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-ddlproc.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-ddlproc.service.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-dmlproc.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-dmlproc.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-dmlproc.service.in
index ae32896b2..bc05a5786 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-dmlproc.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-dmlproc.service.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-writeengineserver.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-exemgr.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-exemgr.service.in
index 49d289a50..44f436ded 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-exemgr.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-exemgr.service.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-primproc.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-loadbrm.py.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-loadbrm.py.in
index fcde3064f..0a1854cdc 100755
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-loadbrm.py.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-loadbrm.py.in
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import shutil
 
 API_CONFIG_PATH = '/etc/columnstore/cmapi_server.conf'
 BYPASS_SM_PATH = '/tmp/columnstore_tmp_files/rdwrscratch/BRM_saves'
-USER = 'mysql'
-GROUP = 'mysql'
+USER = '@DEFAULT_USER@'
+GROUP = '@DEFAULT_GROUP@'
 
 
 def get_key():
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if storage.lower() == 's3' and not bucket.lower() == 'some_bucket' and pmCount == 1:
         try:
             if use_systemd:
-                args = ['su', '-s', '/bin/sh', '-c', f'smcat {brm}', 'mysql']
+                args = ['su', '-s', '/bin/sh', '-c', 'smcat {}'.format(brm), USER]
             else:
                 args = ['smcat', brm]
 
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ node {}.'.format(primary_address), file=sys.stderr)
 
     if brm_saves_current:
         if use_systemd:
-            cmd = 'su -s /bin/sh -c "{} {}{}" mysql'.format(loadbrm, dbrmroot, \
-brm_saves_current.decode("utf-8").replace("BRM_saves", ""))
+            cmd = 'su -s /bin/sh -c "{} {}{}" {}'.format(loadbrm, dbrmroot, \
+brm_saves_current.decode("utf-8").replace("BRM_saves", ""), USER)
         else:
             cmd = '{} {}{}'.format(loadbrm, dbrmroot, \
 brm_saves_current.decode("utf-8").replace("BRM_saves", ""))
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-primproc.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-primproc.service.in
index a41db0ef0..f19b68ddf 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-primproc.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-primproc.service.in
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-workernode@1.service mcs-workernode@2.service mcs-contr
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-workernode.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-workernode.service.in
index afa26044f..73a6aa63d 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-workernode.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-workernode.service.in
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-loadbrm.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-writeengineserver.service.in b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-writeengineserver.service.in
index d310e7970..801d8b7fb 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/mcs-writeengineserver.service.in
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/mcs-writeengineserver.service.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ After=network.target mcs-exemgr.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
+User=@DEFAULT_USER@
+Group=@DEFAULT_GROUP@
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=65536