Jim Kinney via FreeIPA-users wrote:
Took a user who left and did the "delete --preserve" from
the gui. So
now they only list as a Preserved user.
Demo of them returning to org failed when I tried to restore their account.
Error: ns-slapd -ERR - managed-entries-plugin - mep_add_managed_entry
Unable to add managed entry "cn..." for origin entry "uid..."
(Already
exists).
IPA v4.9.8
The group for the user already exists.
Assuming the user is still in preserved state you can try removing the
group if it is otherwise not used and try to restore the user again.
rob