Fringing Samba

Three days. Three days I've been fucking with the smb.conf file to no good end. It just plane won't let me in. I try ninety different combinations of shit.
So, what worked? <pause for effect> Cutting the file down to nothing.

[global]     workgroup = WORKGROUIP     netbios name = henry # Kelly 2007-06-01     [public]     comment = Public Stuff     path = /space/public     public = yes     writable = yes     printable = no # Overnet     [overnet]     comment = Overnet     path = /home/kelly/.aMule/Incoming     public = no     writable = yes     printable = no     valid users = kelly     browseable = yes # HTTP     [http]     comment = http top folder     path = /var/www/html     public = no     writable = yes     printable = no     valid users = %S     browseable = yes

That's it. Just the workgroup and the name of the server. Everything else is default. EVERYTHING else is default.

It pisses me off. The default file didn't work. Me messing with it didn't work. I could share files if I made everything world read and write. Screw that. I at least want to feel like I have some security set.