diff --git a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/default.nix b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/default.nix
index 0bfe1b5..18534fd 100644
--- a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/default.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     ./mail.nix
     ./module.nix
     ./packages.nix
+    ./passwd-sync.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/log-processor.nix b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/log-processor.nix
index 43d2b2a..e49003b 100644
--- a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/log-processor.nix
+++ b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/log-processor.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ let
   mcfg = config.services.pvv-userweb;
 in
 {
-  sops.secrets = {
-    "httpd/passwd-ssh-key" = { };
-    "httpd/ssh-known-hosts" = { };
-  };
-
   systemd.targets.sockets.wants = [
     "httpd-log-processor@access.socket"
     "httpd-log-processor@error.socket"
@@ -27,6 +22,9 @@ in
 
   systemd.services."httpd-log-processor@" = lib.mkIf config.services.httpd.enable {
     requiredBy = [ "userweb.target" ];
+    after = [ "httpd-passwd-sync.service" ];
+    requires = [ "httpd-passwd-sync.service" ];
+
     serviceConfig = {
       User = "wwwrun";
       Group = "wwwrun";
@@ -37,55 +35,16 @@ in
       StandardOutput = "journal";
       StandardError = "journal";
 
-      LoadCredential = [
-        "sshkey:${config.sops.secrets."httpd/passwd-ssh-key".path}"
-        "ssh-known-hosts:${config.sops.secrets."httpd/ssh-known-hosts".path}"
-      ];
-      ExecStartPre = let
-        rsyncArgs = lib.cli.toCommandLineShellGNU { } {
-          archive = true;
-          verbose = true;
-          compress = true;
-          rsh = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.openssh "ssh"} -o BatchMode=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=%d/ssh-known-hosts -i %d/sshkey";
-        };
-        inputDir = "/run/httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-in";
-        outputDir = "/run/httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-out";
-      in lib.mkForce [
-        "${lib.getExe pkgs.rsync} ${rsyncArgs} pvv@smtp.pvv.ntnu.no:/etc/passwd ${inputDir}/"
-        "${lib.getExe pkgs.rsync} ${rsyncArgs} pvv@smtp.pvv.ntnu.no:/etc/group ${inputDir}/"
-
-        (let
-          args = lib.cli.toCommandLineShellGNU { } {
-            passwd-file = "${inputDir}/passwd";
-            group-file = "${inputDir}/group";
-            output-dir = outputDir;
-            shadow-file = pkgs.emptyFile;
-
-            output-passwd = true;
-
-            ignore-user-file = toString ./ignore_user_file.txt;
-            ignore-group-file = toString ./ignore_group_file.txt;
-          };
-        in ''${lib.getExe pkgs.passwd2systemd-users} ${args}'')
-        "${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "shred"} -u ${inputDir}/passwd ${inputDir}/group"
-        ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\root:x:0:0:System administrator:/root:/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash' ${outputDir}/passwd"
-        ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\wwwrun:x:54:54:Apache httpd user:/var/empty:/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash' ${outputDir}/passwd"
-        ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\root:x:0:' ${outputDir}/group"
-        ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\wwwrun:x:54:' ${outputDir}/group"
-        "+${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "chown"} root:root ${outputDir}/passwd ${outputDir}/group"
-        "+${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "chmod"} 0644 ${outputDir}/passwd ${outputDir}/group"
-        "+${lib.getExe pkgs.mount} --bind ${outputDir}/passwd /etc/passwd"
-        "+${lib.getExe pkgs.mount} --bind ${outputDir}/group  /etc/group"
-      ];
-
       ExecStart = "${lib.getExe mcfg.apacheLogProcessorPackage} %i";
 
       AmbientCapabilities = [ "CAP_SETUID" "CAP_SETGID" ];
       CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_SETUID" "CAP_SETGID" ];
       DeviceAllow = [ "" ];
+      IPAddressDeny = "any";
       LockPersonality = true;
       MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
       PrivateDevices = true;
+      PrivateNetwork = true;
       PrivateIPC = true;
       PrivateTmp = true;
       # PrivateUsers = true;
@@ -100,10 +59,7 @@ in
       ProtectSystem = "strict";
       ProtectKernelTunables = true;
       RemoveIPC = true;
-      RestrictAddressFamilies = [
-        "AF_INET"
-        "AF_INET6"
-      ];
+      RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "" ];
       RestrictNamespaces = true;
       RestrictRealtime = true;
       RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
@@ -115,29 +71,17 @@ in
       ];
       UMask = "0077";
 
-      IPAddressAllow = [
-        "127.0.0.53" # systemd-resolved
-        values.hosts.microbel.ipv4
-        values.hosts.microbel.ipv6
-      ];
-      IPAddressDeny = "any";
-
       RootDirectory = "/run/httpd-log-processor-%i/root-mnt";
       MountAPIVFS = true;
 
       RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0750";
-      RuntimeDirectory = [
-        "httpd-log-processor-%i/root-mnt"
-        "httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-in"
-        "httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-out"
-      ];
+      RuntimeDirectory = [ "httpd-log-processor-%i/root-mnt" ];
       BindReadOnlyPaths = [
         builtins.storeDir
         "/etc"
-        "/etc/resolv.conf"
 
-        "-/run/httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-out/passwd:/etc/passwd"
-        "-/run/httpd-log-processor-%i/pamunix-out/group:/etc/group"
+        "/var/lib/httpd-passwd-sync/passwd:/etc/passwd"
+        "/var/lib/httpd-passwd-sync/group:/etc/group"
 
         "${pkgs.writeText "userweb-fake-nsswitch.conf" ''
           passwd:    files
diff --git a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/module.nix b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/module.nix
index 0cb2df2..4a7d4df 100644
--- a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/module.nix
+++ b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/module.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ let
 in
 {
   options.services.pvv-userweb = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "";
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "" // {
+      default = true;
+    };
 
     debugMode = lib.mkEnableOption "";
 
diff --git a/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/passwd-sync.nix b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/passwd-sync.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e01f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/temmie/services/userweb/passwd-sync.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, values, ... }:
+let
+  mcfg = config.services.pvv-userweb;
+in
+{
+  config = lib.mkIf mcfg.enable {
+    sops.secrets = {
+      "httpd/passwd-ssh-key" = { };
+      "httpd/ssh-known-hosts" = { };
+    };
+
+    # NOTE: because we are running as `DynamicUser` and we want the result files to be available to
+    #       other services, this directory needs to be created via systemd-tmpfiles
+    systemd.tmpfiles.settings."10-httpd-passwd-sync"."/var/lib/httpd-passwd-sync".d = {
+      user = "root";
+      group = "root";
+      mode = "0700";
+    };
+
+    systemd.timers.httpd-passwd-sync = {
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnCalendar = "daily";
+        Persistent = true;
+        Unit = "httpd-passwd-sync.service";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.services."httpd-passwd-sync" = {
+      requiredBy = [ "userweb.target" ];
+      after = [
+        "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service"
+        "systemd-tmpfiles-resetup.service"
+      ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        Slice = "system-userweb.slice";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        RestartSec = "3s";
+
+        DynamicUser = true;
+
+        LoadCredential = [
+          "sshkey:${config.sops.secrets."httpd/passwd-ssh-key".path}"
+          "ssh-known-hosts:${config.sops.secrets."httpd/ssh-known-hosts".path}"
+        ];
+        ExecStart = let
+          rsyncArgs = lib.cli.toCommandLineShellGNU { } {
+            verbose = true;
+            compress = true;
+            rsh = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.openssh "ssh"} -o BatchMode=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=%d/ssh-known-hosts -i %d/sshkey";
+          };
+          inputDir = "/run/httpd-passwd-sync/in";
+          wipDir = "/run/httpd-passwd-sync/wip";
+          outputDir = "/var/lib/httpd-passwd-sync";
+        in [
+          "${lib.getExe pkgs.rsync} ${rsyncArgs} pvv@smtp.pvv.ntnu.no:/etc/passwd ${inputDir}/"
+          "${lib.getExe pkgs.rsync} ${rsyncArgs} pvv@smtp.pvv.ntnu.no:/etc/group ${inputDir}/"
+
+          (let
+            args = lib.cli.toCommandLineShellGNU { } {
+              passwd-file = "${inputDir}/passwd";
+              group-file = "${inputDir}/group";
+              output-dir = wipDir;
+              shadow-file = pkgs.emptyFile;
+
+              output-passwd = true;
+
+              ignore-user-file = toString ./ignore_user_file.txt;
+              ignore-group-file = toString ./ignore_group_file.txt;
+            };
+          in ''${lib.getExe pkgs.passwd2systemd-users} ${args}'')
+
+          "${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "shred"} -u ${inputDir}/passwd ${inputDir}/group"
+
+          ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\root:x:0:0:System administrator:/root:/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash' ${wipDir}/passwd"
+          ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\wwwrun:x:54:54:Apache httpd user:/var/empty:/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash' ${wipDir}/passwd"
+          ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\root:x:0:' ${wipDir}/group"
+          ":${lib.getExe pkgs.gnused} -i '$ a\\\\wwwrun:x:54:' ${wipDir}/group"
+
+          "+${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "install"} -m644 -o root -g root -t '${outputDir}' ${wipDir}/passwd ${wipDir}/group"
+          "${lib.getExe' pkgs.coreutils "shred"} -u ${wipDir}/passwd ${wipDir}/group"
+        ];
+
+        AmbientCapabilities = [ "" ];
+        CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "" ];
+        DeviceAllow = [ "" ];
+        LockPersonality = true;
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+        PrivateDevices = true;
+        PrivateTmp = true;
+        PrivateUsers = true;
+        ProcSubset = "pid";
+        ProtectClock = true;
+        ProtectControlGroups = true;
+        ProtectHome = "tmpfs";
+        ProtectHostname = true;
+        ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+        ProtectKernelModules = true;
+        ProtectProc = "invisible";
+        ProtectSystem = "strict";
+        ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+        RemoveIPC = true;
+        RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+          "AF_INET"
+          "AF_INET6"
+          "AF_UNIX"
+        ];
+        RestrictNamespaces = true;
+        RestrictRealtime = true;
+        RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+        SocketBindDeny = "any";
+        SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+        SystemCallFilter = [
+          "@system-service"
+          "~@resources"
+        ];
+        UMask = "0077";
+
+        IPAddressAllow = [
+          values.hosts.microbel.ipv4
+          values.hosts.microbel.ipv6
+        ];
+        IPAddressDeny = "any";
+
+        RootDirectory = "/run/httpd-passwd-sync/root-mnt";
+        MountAPIVFS = true;
+
+        RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0750";
+        RuntimeDirectory = [
+          "httpd-passwd-sync/root-mnt"
+          "httpd-passwd-sync/in"
+          "httpd-passwd-sync/wip"
+        ];
+
+        BindPaths = [
+          "/var/lib/httpd-passwd-sync"
+        ];
+        BindReadOnlyPaths = [
+          builtins.storeDir
+          "/etc"
+          "/var/run/nscd"
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}