From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:21:02 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tmpfiles: improve error message for missing user/group
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tmpfiles: improve error message for missing user/group

From a boot with a dracut initrd:
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tpm2-tss-fapi.conf:2: Failed to resolve user 'tss': No such process
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: Failed to parse ACL "default:group:tss:rwx", ignoring: Invalid argument
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tpm2-tss-fapi.conf:4: Failed to resolve user 'tss': No such process
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: Failed to parse ACL "default:group:tss:rwx", ignoring: Invalid argument
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tpm2-tss-fapi.conf:6: Failed to resolve group 'tss': No such process
systemd-tmpfiles[242]: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tpm2-tss-fapi.conf:7: Failed to resolve group 'tss': No such process
---

diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 981c6a51982..8def2a16de1 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -3992,7 +3992,8 @@ static int parse_line(
                         missing_user_or_group = true;
                 } else if (r < 0) {
                         *invalid_config = true;
-                        return log_syntax(NULL, LOG_ERR, fname, line, r, "Failed to resolve user '%s': %m", u);
+                        return log_syntax(NULL, LOG_ERR, fname, line, r,
+                                          "Failed to resolve user '%s': %s", u, STRERROR_USER(r));
                 } else
                         i.uid_set = true;
         }
@@ -4013,7 +4014,8 @@ static int parse_line(
                         missing_user_or_group = true;
                 } else if (r < 0) {
                         *invalid_config = true;
-                        return log_syntax(NULL, LOG_ERR, fname, line, r, "Failed to resolve group '%s': %m", g);
+                        return log_syntax(NULL, LOG_ERR, fname, line, r,
+                                          "Failed to resolve group '%s': %s", g, STRERROR_GROUP(r));
                 } else
                         i.gid_set = true;
         }