Strange System Preferences / Sharing / File Sharing problem...

I got this problem on an otherwise perfectly running iMac used for media production:
I can't add a share. The box is blank, and when I try to add a drive it does not take. If I try again, I get a boatload of these warnings in console and then the machine freezes, time for a ctrlcmdeject.
Last weekend when the machine had some downtime, I cloned the internal drive, wiped it, and reinstalled SL. Problem solved...sortof. I am now back on the original image as the machine is not free for the days it will take to do a reinstall of the OS AND all the apps.
Do you think there is anything else I could try? I've hit all the usual suspects: permissions, disk warrior, etc. There must be some sudo command for this:)
coocoo
Error Messages:
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My ex-genius bar pal came over today (we are lucky to have him here in KTM) and said all he can see is that CoreServices crashes when u try and add a share. He fixed global sharing by having the system recreate some system-level plists. But there is still this one bug, that I can ignore by just never using the system pref pane to add shares:) However, if anyone has another idea, feel free to append.
coocoo

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