confirmed on fresh install of ubuntu 12.04TLS, it is definitely not dependent on PArnal's local configuration, for me even "start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)" did not help it needs restart of smbd/nmbd after each reboot
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996968 Title: Samba needs to be stopped and restarted in order to work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/996968/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs