Verification done for xenial (nplan 0.32~16.04.4): I used a dummy service on a new 16.04 install to have snap.network- manager.networkmanager.service available on the system.
dummy service: [Unit] Description=Test DefaultDependencies=no Conflicts=shutdown.target Before=shutdown.target [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/bin/logger -t toto test starting ExecStop=/usr/bin/logger -t toto test stopping [Install] WantedBy=sysinit.target netplan config: network: version: 2 renderer: NetworkManager ethernets: veth0: addresses: - 10.10.10.1/22 root@pleasing-koala:/etc/netplan# sudo netplan apply Failed to start NetworkManager.service: Unit NetworkManager.service not found. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/netplan", line 418, in <module> eval('command_' + args.command.replace('-', '_'))() File "/usr/sbin/netplan", line 345, in command_apply systemctl_network_manager('start') File "/usr/sbin/netplan", line 104, in systemctl_network_manager subprocess.check_call(['systemctl', action, '--no-block', service_name]) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 581, in check_call raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['systemctl', 'start', '--no-block', 'NetworkManager.service']' returned non-zero exit status 5 root@pleasing-koala:/etc/netplan# sudo systemctl enable snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service to /etc/systemd/system/snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service. root@pleasing-koala:/etc/netplan# sudo netplan apply root@pleasing-koala:/etc/netplan# sudo systemctl status snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service ● snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service - Test Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/snap.network-manager.networkmanager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2018-03-19 15:42:09 UTC; 5s ago Process: 1190 ExecStop=/usr/bin/logger -t toto test stopping (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1189 ExecStart=/usr/bin/logger -t toto test starting (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1189 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Mar 19 15:42:09 pleasing-koala systemd[1]: Starting Test... Mar 19 15:42:09 pleasing-koala toto[1189]: test starting Mar 19 15:42:09 pleasing-koala systemd[1]: Started Test. ** Tags removed: verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747714 Title: network manager snap service name regression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nplan/+bug/1747714/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs