If set, a UID is dynamically allocated for a service when it starts and released again when it stops. This is fantastic for many payloads, as it means UID-based security isolation is available cheaply without having to pre-allocate everything statically. You can just fire off a quick service with its own UID here and there, and this does not result in "sticky" UID allocations in /etc/passwd.
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