diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
index 1b9306600d..350fb5af74 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-debian'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian mirror.debian >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian security':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-debian-security'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-security.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-security mirror.debian-security >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-security-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-ubuntu'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/ubuntu.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/ubuntu mirror.ubuntu >>/var/log/reprepro/ubuntu-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu-ports':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-ubuntu-ports'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/ubuntu-ports.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/ubuntu-ports mirror.ubuntu-ports >>/var/log/reprepro/ubuntu-ports-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph hammer':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-hammer'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-ceph-hammer.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-ceph-hammer mirror.deb-hammer >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-ceph-hammer-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph jewel':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-jewel'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-ceph-jewel.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-ceph-jewel mirror.deb-jewel >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-ceph-jewel-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph luminous':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-luminous'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-ceph-luminous.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-ceph-luminous mirror.deb-luminous >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-ceph-luminous-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph mimic':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-mimic'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-ceph-mimic.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-ceph-mimic mirror.deb-mimic >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-ceph-mimic-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian docker':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-docker'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/debian-docker.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/debian-docker mirror.deb-docker >>/var/log/reprepro/debian-docker-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu puppetlabs':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'ubuntu-puppetlabs'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/apt-puppetlabs.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/apt-puppetlabs mirror.apt-puppetlabs >>/var/log/reprepro/apt-puppetlabs-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'centos mirror':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'centos-mirror'),
     hour        => '*/2',
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/centos-mirror.lock centos-mirror-update mirror.centos >>/var/log/centos-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'epel mirror':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'epel-mirror'),
     hour        => '*/2',
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/epel-mirror.lock epel-mirror-update mirror.epel >>/var/log/epel-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'yum-puppetlabs mirror':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'yum-puppetlabs'),
     hour        => '*/2',
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/yum-puppetlabs-mirror.lock yum-puppetlabs-mirror-update mirror.yum-puppetlabs >>/var/log/yum-puppetlabs-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'fedora mirror':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'fedora-mirror'),
     hour        => '*/2',
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/fedora-mirror.lock fedora-mirror-update mirror.fedora >>/var/log/fedora-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'opensuse mirror':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'opensuse-mirror'),
     hour        => '*/2',
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/opensuse-mirror.lock opensuse-mirror-update mirror.opensuse >>/var/log/opensuse-mirror.log 2>&1',
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu-cloud-archive':
-    user        => $user,
+    user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'ubuntu-cloud-archive-mirror'),
     command     => 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/ubuntu-cloud-archive.lock reprepro-mirror-update /etc/reprepro/ubuntu-cloud-archive mirror.ubuntu-cloud >>/var/log/reprepro/ubuntu-cloud-archive-mirror.log 2>&1',