Here's a patch that tries to fix this issue. I already tested it, but please do so also just in case.
Respectfully, Adonay.
>From 086396d33e113a6d991b7c63063844c66a5610ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adf...@openmailbox.org> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 21:22:56 -0200 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: samba: Don't expect configuration files inside the store. Attempts to fix <https://bugs.gnu.org/24834>. * gnu/packages/samba.scm (samba) [arguments]: * Set `--sysconfdir` to "/etc". * Avoid creation of "/etc/samba" (otherwise would require root). --- gnu/packages/samba.scm | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/samba.scm b/gnu/packages/samba.scm index 1706ec3..6a27a63 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/samba.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/samba.scm @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Adonay "adfeno" Felipe Nogueira <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno> <adf...@openmailbox.org> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -121,11 +122,17 @@ anywhere.") ;; XXX: heimdal not packaged. "--bundled-libraries=com_err" (string-append "--prefix=" out) + ;; Don't write to store. + "--sysconfdir=/etc" ;; Install public and private libraries into ;; a single directory to avoid RPATH issues. (string-append "--libdir=" libdir) - (string-append "--with-privatelibdir=" libdir))))))) - + (string-append "--with-privatelibdir=" libdir)))))) + (add-before 'install 'disable-etc-samba-directory-creation + (lambda _ + (substitute* "dynconfig/wscript" + (("bld\\.INSTALL_DIRS\\(\"\",[[:blank:]]{1,}\"\\$\\{CONFIGDIR\\}[[:blank:]]{1,}") + "bld.INSTALL_DIRS(\"\", \""))))) ;; XXX: The test infrastructure attempts to set password with ;; smbpasswd, which fails with "smbpasswd -L can only be used by root." ;; So disable tests until there's a workaround. -- 1.9.1
