Got-it
affa-ed all data to toy server
went back to yesterday (backup)
cleared yum cache
re-installed 
samba.i386                               3.0.33-3.36.el4.sme    smeupdates      
samba-client.i386                        3.0.33-3.36.el4.sme    smeupdates      
samba-common.i386                        3.0.33-3.36.el4.sme    smeupdates    
affa-ed data back
all runs well now
strange...
will now try to update toy server (i know, wrong way around 

)
Taco