Bug 2426921 - /usr/lib/sysusers.d/networkmanager-openvpn.conf conflicts with nm-openvpn-sysusers.conf
Summary: /usr/lib/sysusers.d/networkmanager-openvpn.conf conflicts with nm-openvpn-sys...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2425539
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager-openvpn
Version: 43
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-01-03 03:00 UTC by Robert Hinson
Modified: 2026-01-10 15:56 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2026-01-10 15:56:45 UTC
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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 ***


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