I was struggling with configuring my smb.conf file. Hindsight shows me that the issues were in part related to the windows machines I was trying to connect with (easily sorted - when I finally realised that it wasn't just about my inability to configure the smb.conf file!). And yes, I should have done a "mv smb.conf smb.old" before playing around. I didn't.
I really need to start again with this file, and not do these things late at night ;-) Can I get the original file off the distribution disks and if so how. I'm using redhat 9.
Regards Roger