diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/user-configmap.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/user-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be18240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/user-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: passwd-user-configmap
+data:
+  passwd: |
+    root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
+    openbao:x:100:1000::/home/openbao:/sbin/nologin
+    logrotate:x:100:100::/home/logrotate:/bin/sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
index f83bb6c..701a6d3 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ server:
   - name: logrotate-config-volume  
     configMap:         
       name: logrotate-config
+  - name: passwd-volume  
+    configMap:         
+      name: passwd-user-configmap
   - name: host-log-storage
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ server:
   - mountPath: /openbao/logs
     name: host-log-storage
     readOnly: false
+  - mountPath: /etc/passwd
+    name: passwd-volume
+    subPath: passwd
     
   extraArgs: "chmod o+rwx /etc/passwd"