diff --git a/tasks/custom_pss.yml b/tasks/custom_pss.yml
index 45f3c525a796e91382563b6897930be06ea2fa8e..64dda098daf421fd36b76a0b8c3eab8b561ff013 100644
--- a/tasks/custom_pss.yml
+++ b/tasks/custom_pss.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 - name: add a software folder
   file:
     path: /softwares
-    owner: csi
-    group: csi
+    owner: "{{ pss_nas_softs_owner }}"
+    group: "{{ pss_nas_softs_owner }}"
     mode: 0755
     state: directory
 
diff --git a/templates/smb-pss.conf.j2 b/templates/smb-pss.conf.j2
index 3424b00a1ae4cbf0c82b16433b8dc49431e04169..452470f3f8d3c228d6c24cab666b825be276cb2e 100644
--- a/templates/smb-pss.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/smb-pss.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [softwares] 
   path = /softwares
   read only = yes
-  force user = csi
+  force user = "{{ pss_nas_softs_owner }}"
   valid users =
  
diff --git a/vars/pss.yml b/vars/pss.yml
index 0a535fc4abc8452df4e2c8a359ce53c6e9a7aec0..7390f97f5251919498e3a0fe6320ddd23720b451 100644
--- a/vars/pss.yml
+++ b/vars/pss.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ pss_nas_software_repo_url: https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/list/PSS-S
 pss_nas_software_files:
   - test.zip
 
+pss_nas_softs_owner: root
+
 pss_soft_artifactory_password: !vault |
           $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
           61313832383735663030343438373138356135306636346235663238613563373165663565393330