diff --git a/rhel/etc_logrotate.d_ovn b/rhel/etc_logrotate.d_ovn
index a351ec303..4b26333fc 100644
--- a/rhel/etc_logrotate.d_ovn
+++ b/rhel/etc_logrotate.d_ovn
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # without warranty of any kind.
 
 /var/log/ovn/*.log {
-    su root root
+    su openvswitch openvswitch
     daily
     compress
     sharedscripts
diff --git a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller-vtep.service b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller-vtep.service
index c6601cb46..48f6e3992 100644
--- a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller-vtep.service
+++ b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller-vtep.service
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ After=openvswitch.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=on-failure
+Environment=OVN_USER_ID=openvswitch:openvswitch
 Environment=OVS_RUNDIR=%t/openvswitch
 Environment=OVN_RUNDIR=%t/ovn
 Environment=OVN_DB=unix:%t/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock
diff --git a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller.service b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller.service
index 15d0ac853..c602760f1 100644
--- a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller.service
+++ b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-controller.service
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ After=openvswitch.service
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/ovn/ovn-controller.pid
 Restart=on-failure
+Environment=OVN_USER_ID=openvswitch:openvswitch
 Environment=OVN_RUNDIR=%t/ovn OVS_RUNDIR=%t/openvswitch
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ovn
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ovn-controller
diff --git a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-northd.service b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-northd.service
index 6c4c6621c..d74196a49 100644
--- a/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-northd.service
+++ b/rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovn-northd.service
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ After=syslog.target
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+Environment=OVN_USER_ID=openvswitch:openvswitch
 Environment=OVN_RUNDIR=%t/ovn OVN_DBDIR=/var/lib/ovn
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ovn
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ovn-northd