Why does fapolicyd.service fails to start after installation due to missing group?

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Issue

  • After installing fapolicyd package, unable to start fapolicyd service due to below error:

     fapolicyd.service - File Access Policy Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fapolicyd.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-06-24 07:49:04 UTC; 6h ago
       Docs: man:fapolicyd(8)
        CPU: 0
    
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname systemd[1]: Starting File Access Policy Daemon...
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname fagenrules[48895]: /usr/sbin/fagenrules: No change
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname fapolicyd[48919]: 24/06/25 07:49:04 [ ERROR ]: group fapolicyd is unknown - line 10  >>
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname fapolicyd[48919]: 24/06/25 07:49:04 [ ERROR ]: Exiting due to bad configuration     >>
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname systemd[1]: fapolicyd.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname systemd[1]: fapolicyd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Jun 24 07:49:04 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start File Access Policy Daemon.
    
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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