hello can confirm that this bug may be caused by settings in
/etc/nsswitch.conf.

In my case, I have Hardy, installed with samba, firestarter (running at
startup) and winbind.

adding the value "wins" in the line in /etc/nsswitch.conf:

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins

causes the problem for me, removing "wins" from nsswithc.conf and
logging out and logging on fixed the problem.  i can again access samba
shares and files.

adding "wins" was supposed to ping samba PCs via their PC Names instead
of their IP numbers 192.168.x.x, etc. I added that line after installing
winbind.

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Connect to smb server by name doesn't work, but by IP address does
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235560
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