Comment # 15 on bug 1106967 from Chris Ward

Yes, that makes the user
tjcw@linux-o0hv:~> su
Password: 
linux-o0hv:/home/tjcw # /usr/bin/getent passwd dnsmasq
linux-o0hv:/home/tjcw # zypper in -f dnsmasq
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Forcing installation of 'dnsmasq-2.78-2.1.x86_64' from repository
'openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss'.
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be reinstalled:
  dnsmasq

1 package to reinstall.
Overall download size: 501.1 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. No additional space will
be used
or freed after the operation.
Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package dnsmasq-2.78-2.1.x86_64         (1/1), 501.1 KiB (  1.3 MiB
unpacked)
Retrieving: dnsmasq-2.78-2.1.x86_64.rpm ..............................[done
(1.0 KiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts:
.....................................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: dnsmasq-2.78-2.1.x86_64
........................................[done]
linux-o0hv:/home/tjcw # /usr/bin/getent passwd dnsmasq
dnsmasq:x:460:65533:dnsmasq:/var/lib/empty:/bin/false
linux-o0hv:/home/tjcw #