Sorry to hear that you are having a lot of trouble. I don't have that much experience in setting up samba but when I had to set up a small samba shared drive I read this document.
/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.gz This should be installed by default in all debian boxes. Just my 2 cents. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]