[clug] Samba not running

[Ian McLeod]

Hi,

I'm running Ubuntu and have quite happily had Samba running well for a 
long time and all was well in the world.

Lately, I can access other computers but this one is not sharing out.  I 
must have broken something along the times but I just can figure out 
what.  I have tried restarting with service samba restart and even 
rebooting with no luck.

smbd and nmbd are not running.

Should I just reset it all to default somehow and start again?

testparm reveals:

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[Disk One]"
Processing section "[Disk Two]"
Processing section "[Disk Three]"
Processing section "[Media]"
Processing section "[Media Two]"
Loaded services file OK.
ERROR: pid directory file:///var/run/samba does not exist
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)       
        security = SHARE                                
        map to guest = Bad User                         
        obey pam restrictions = Yes                     
        smb passwd file = file:///etc/samba/smbpasswd   
        private dir = file:///etc/samba                 
        passdb backend = tdbsam                         
        pam password change = Yes                       
        passwd program = file:///usr/bin/passwd%20%25u  
        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n 
*Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
        unix password sync = 
Yes                                                                                          

        syslog = 
0                                                                                                        

        log file = 
file:///var/log/samba/log.%25m                                                                         

        max log size = 
1000                                                                                               

        logon path = 
%5C%5C%25N%5C%25U%5Cprofile                                                                          

        logon home = 
%5C%5C%25N%5C%25U                                                                                    

        domain master = No
        dns proxy = No
        pid directory = file:///var/run/samba
        usershare allow guests = Yes
        usershare owner only = No
        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

The only error or indication I can find is in the samba log:

[2009/08/29 18:22:43,  0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(663)
  Unable to open new log file file:///var/log/samba/log.%25m: No such 
file or directory
[2009/08/29 18:22:43,  0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(663)
  Unable to open new log file file:///var/log/samba/log.%25m: No such 
file or directory
[2009/08/29 18:22:43,  0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(663)
  Unable to open new log file file:///var/log/samba/log.%25m: No such 
file or directory
[2009/08/29 18:22:43,  0] lib/pidfile.c:pidfile_create(127)
  ERROR: can't open file:///var/run/samba/smbd.pid: Error was No such 
file or directory