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-rw-r--r--source4/param/loadparm.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source4/param/loadparm.c b/source4/param/loadparm.c
index ab7d209d10..2d9af33325 100644
--- a/source4/param/loadparm.c
+++ b/source4/param/loadparm.c
@@ -2429,10 +2429,19 @@ const char *lp_configfile(struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx)
bool lp_load_default(struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx)
{
+ const char *path;
if (getenv("SMB_CONF_PATH"))
- return lp_load(lp_ctx, getenv("SMB_CONF_PATH"));
+ path = getenv("SMB_CONF_PATH");
else
- return lp_load(lp_ctx, dyn_CONFIGFILE);
+ path = dyn_CONFIGFILE;
+
+ if (!file_exist(path)) {
+ /* We allow the default smb.conf file to not exist,
+ * basically the equivalent of an empty file. */
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return lp_load(lp_ctx, path);
}
/**