Cannot setup SMB sharing on Yosemite

I just did a clean install of Yosemite and am slowly recreating my previous setup. However I cannot get SMB sharing to work.
I turned File Sharing on, my Macbook drive is listed under shared folders then I go into Options and enable SMB. BUT in the section of this window called Windows File Sharing where I am supposed to select the account to be used for sharing (and then enter my password) my account is listed but greyed out and cannot be edited.
I booted back into my backup from before I reinstalled and the setup looks identical except the section is editable.
See screenshot (I have blanked out my account name but it is there). But see I cant click the On button - the whole section is greyed:
Is there something else I need to do to enable this section? Or is it a Yosemite issue?

Hi !
I had the same problem, and I fixed by changing the way the password works in Yosemite:
When I updated to Yosemite, I configured the appleID user and password. It seems Windows share is not working fine with this. Then I changed to "separate password" in "System Preferences"->"Users & Groups"->"Change Password". Once I change that, it worked.
I hope this works for you.

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a-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(54 7)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19652] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
PANIC (pid 19652): tdbreopenall failed.
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19652] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
#1 1 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9507 smb_panic + 100
#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19652] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19657] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19657] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19657] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19658] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19658] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19658] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19658] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
#1 1 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9507 smb_panic + 100
#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:23, 0, pid=19658] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19671] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
tdb(/private/var/samba/gencache.tdb): tdb_reopen: file dev/inode has changed!
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19671] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
tdbreopenall failed.
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19671] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
PANIC (pid 19671): tdbreopenall failed.
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19671] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
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#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
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dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19672] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
tdb(/private/var/samba/gencache.tdb): tdb_reopen: file dev/inode has changed!
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19672] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19672] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19672] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
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#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
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#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19672] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19677] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
tdb(/private/var/samba/gencache.tdb): tdb_reopen: file dev/inode has changed!
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19677] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19677] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19677] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
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#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19677] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19678] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
tdb(/private/var/samba/gencache.tdb): tdb_reopen: file dev/inode has changed!
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19678] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
tdbreopenall failed
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19678] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19678] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
#1 1 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9507 smb_panic + 100
#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
#4 4 ??? 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19678] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19679] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19679] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19679] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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#2 2 smbd 0x00000001ec487552 main + 3875
#3 3 smbd 0x00000001ec24c550 start + 52
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19679] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
dumping core in /private/var/log/samba/cores/smbd
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19684] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/utiltdb.c:tdblog(664)
tdb(/private/var/samba/gencache.tdb): tdb_reopen: file dev/inode has changed!
[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19684] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/smbd/server.c:opensocketssmbd(547)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19684] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:smb_panic(1651)
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19684] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/util.c:logstacktrace(1762)
BACKTRACE: 5 stack frames:
#0 0 smbd 0x00000001ec3e9415 logstacktrace + 38
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[2010/03/31 15:43:24, 0, pid=19684] /SourceCache/samba/samba-235/samba/source/lib/fault.c:dump_core(189)
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