4 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
index 4002c6b3542f..1aa487055e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/bind/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires root and the net
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.isc.org/software/bind;
     description = "Domain name server";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
index 77dcfa43c43f..a6b738270a9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/net-snmp/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ file perl unzip openssl ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = false; # fails
 
   postInstall = ''
     for f in "$out/lib/"*.la $out/bin/net-snmp-config $out/bin/net-snmp-create-v3-user; do
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
index a2093962ea93..5d348c129437 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ let
         wrapProgram $out/bin/initdb --prefix PATH ":" ${glibc.bin}/bin
       '';
 
+    doInstallCheck = false; # needs a running daemon?
+
     disallowedReferences = [ stdenv.cc ];
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 5efa4bfcfd5d..5d4c528bb0b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -582,6 +582,10 @@ in
     nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [args.bison args.flex];
   };
 
+  xauth = attrs: attrs // {
+    doCheck = false; # fails
+  };
+
   xcursorthemes = attrs: attrs // {
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [xorg.xcursorgen];
     configureFlags = "--with-cursordir=$(out)/share/icons";