I found this post: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/118877 -samba-hardy.html - and when I did what they did and replaced my smb.conf with a skeleton one it did work properly, which suggests that there is an error in the way that Ubuntu handles the Samba conf file.
Just to clarigy, I haven't touched anything to do with Samba until I had this error. I'm running the 64 bit version of hardy, dunno if that makes a difference. -- [Hardy] Can't share files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs