Description of problem:

When removing the iscsi-initiator-utils package, I see this error message:

Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Running scriptlet: iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-2.git2a8f9d8.el9.x86_6   1/2 
Removed /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/iscsid.socket.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/iscsi-onboot.service.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/remote-fs.target.wants/iscsi.service.
Failed to stop iscsi-shutdown.service: Operation refused, unit iscsi-shutdown.service may be requested by dependency only (it is configured to refuse manual start/stop).
See system logs and 'systemctl status iscsi-shutdown.service' for details.


This is likely caused by

preuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
 
if [ $1 -eq 0 ] && [ -x /usr/bin/systemctl ]; then 
    # Package removal, not upgrade 
    if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then 
          /usr/bin/systemctl --no-reload disable --now iscsi.service iscsid.service iscsid.socket iscsi-onboot.service iscsi-init.service iscsi-shutdown.service || : 
    else 
          /usr/bin/systemctl --no-reload disable iscsi.service iscsid.service iscsid.socket iscsi-onboot.service iscsi-init.service iscsi-shutdown.service || : 
    fi 
fi


which tries to stop (disable --now) a service which explicitly prohibits it:

# grep Refuse /usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsi-shutdown.service
RefuseManualStop=yes

Either allow manual stop of the service, or issue disable without --now for it when uninstalling.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.4-2.git2a8f9d8.el9