diff --git a/acct-group/nginx-unit/metadata.xml b/acct-group/nginx-unit/metadata.xml
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+++ b/acct-group/nginx-unit/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>mpagano@gentoo.org</email>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-group/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild b/acct-group/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..dc8f1f58f9895
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+++ b/acct-group/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit acct-group
+
+DESCRIPTION="A group for www-servers/nginx-unit"
+
+ACCT_GROUP_ID="526"
diff --git a/acct-user/nginx-unit/metadata.xml b/acct-user/nginx-unit/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000000..694b1295412ee
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+++ b/acct-user/nginx-unit/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>mpagano@gentoo.org</email>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-user/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild b/acct-user/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..9af0cc52ab82b
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+++ b/acct-user/nginx-unit/nginx-unit-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2019-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit acct-user
+
+ACCT_USER_ID="526"
+ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( "nginx-unit" )
+ACCT_USER_HOME="/var/lib/nginx-unit"
+
+acct-user_add_deps