also nagios won't start with the packaged /usr/lib/systemd/system/nagios.service this works: [Unit] Description=Nagios After=syslog.target network.target [Service] # for details of the additional system hardening configuration please see # https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Security_Features#Systemd_hardening_effort ProtectSystem=full ProtectHome=true ProtectHostname=true ProtectControlGroups=true ProtectKernelModules=true ProtectKernelTunables=true RestrictRealtime=true # end of system hardening Type=simple User=nagios Group=nagios ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nagios /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nagios -v /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg ExecReload=kill -HUP $MAINPID [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target