Shadow.service loaded failed

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manjaro kde
systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● shadow.service loaded failed failed Verify integrity of password and group files

how to fix this. This did not work sudo systemctl start shadow.service

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Check the journal for shadow.service error messages. Fix the error and try again to start the unit.

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How do I do that?

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For example

journalctl -b -u shadow.service --no-hostname --no-pager

If you rebooted in the meantime, try it without -b

How to fix the error depends on the error.

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– Journal begins at Wed 2021-06-23 12:53:36 CEST, ends at Fri 2021-07-16 18:51:17 CEST. –
Jul 16 00:00:02 systemd[1]: Started Verify integrity of password and group files.
Jul 16 00:00:02 sh[242770]: user ‘spamd’: directory ‘/var/lib/spamassassin’ does not exist
Jul 16 00:00:02 sh[242770]: pwck: no changes
Jul 16 00:00:02 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 16 00:00:02 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jul 16 18:36:43 systemd[1]: Started Verify integrity of password and group files.
Jul 16 18:36:43 sh[391336]: user ‘spamd’: directory ‘/var/lib/spamassassin’ does not exist
Jul 16 18:36:43 sh[391336]: pwck: no changes
Jul 16 18:36:43 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 16 18:36:43 systemd[1]: shadow.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.

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This should be very easy to fix.

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