Bug 2426921

Summary: /usr/lib/sysusers.d/networkmanager-openvpn.conf conflicts with nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Robert Hinson <robert.hinson>
Component: NetworkManager-openvpnAssignee: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 43CC: bgalvani, dreua, ihuguet, lkundrak, nilskemail, opensource, steve, tdawson, thom311
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Description Robert Hinson 2026-01-03 03:00:48 UTC
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> /usr/lib/sysusers.d/nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf:1: Conflict with earlier configuration for user 'nm-openvpn' in /usr/lib/sysusers.d/networkmanager-openvpn.conf:1, ignoring line.
>>>

[oppie@dell sysusers.d]$ cat networkmanager-openvpn.conf
u nm-openvpn - 'Default user for running openvpn spawned by NetworkManager' - -
[oppie@dell sysusers.d]$ cat nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf
u! nm-openvpn - "NetworkManager OpenVPN" /var/lib/openvpn/chroot
[oppie@dell sysusers.d]$



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. sudo dnf reinstall NetworkManager-openvpn
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Actual Results:
Error that I got

Expected Results:
Should not come up with that.

Comment 2 David Auer 2026-01-10 15:56:45 UTC
I'm not a maintainer of this package but I think/hope closing this as duplicate is appropriate anyway.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2425539 ***