diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index 623e43e4ca..a9c0fd20e1 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -930,10 +930,10 @@ int warn_file_is_world_accessible(const char *filename, struct stat *st, const c
 
         if (unit)
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
-                           "%s has %04o mode that is too permissive, please adjust the access mode.",
+                           "%s has %04o mode that is too permissive, please adjust the ownership and access mode.",
                            filename, st->st_mode & 07777);
         else
-                log_warning("%s has %04o mode that is too permissive, please adjust the access mode.",
+                log_warning("%s has %04o mode that is too permissive, please adjust the ownership and access mode.",
                             filename, st->st_mode & 07777);
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/macsec.c b/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
index cf281e75a6..d1d65a69bf 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ static int macsec_read_key_file(NetDev *netdev, SecurityAssociation *sa) {
         if (!sa->key_file)
                 return 0;
 
+        (void) warn_file_is_world_accessible(sa->key_file, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
         r = read_full_file_full(sa->key_file, READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE | READ_FULL_FILE_UNHEX, (char **) &key, &key_len);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_netdev_error_errno(netdev, r,
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
index 7735b455b7..7853e197f1 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ int netdev_load(Manager *manager) {
         STRV_FOREACH(f, files) {
                 r = netdev_load_one(manager, *f);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
+                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to load %s, ignoring: %m", *f);
         }
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c b/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
index 913ee2a058..a40b32d148 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
@@ -901,6 +901,8 @@ static int wireguard_read_key_file(const char *filename, uint8_t dest[static WG_
 
         assert(dest);
 
+        (void) warn_file_is_world_accessible(filename, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
         r = read_full_file_full(filename, READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE | READ_FULL_FILE_UNBASE64, &key, &key_len);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index 2b8d0eb2fb..fe81f1b720 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int network_load(Manager *manager) {
         STRV_FOREACH(f, files) {
                 r = network_load_one(manager, *f);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
+                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to load %s, ignoring: %m", *f);
         }
 
         return 0;