Arch Linux

Description:

systemctl start nmb

[2019/04/07 08:36:32.254927, 0] ../../lib/util/become_daemon.c:122(exit_daemon)
exit_daemon: daemon failed to start: Failed to create directory for pid files, check 'pid directory', error code 17

The root cause is a rewrite in Samba in lib/util/util.c, directory_create_or_exist which does:

ret = mkdir(dname, dir_perms);
...
if (ret != 0 && errno == EEXIST) {
...
ret = lstat(dname, &sbuf);
...
if (!S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) {
return false;
}
}

This means with /var/run being a symlink to /run, this fails.

Workaround:

configure in /etc/samba/smb.conf in the [global] section:

pid directory = /run

Additional info:
* package version(s): 4.10.0-3
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:

install samba
systemctl start nmb