samba's /etc/samba/cmb.conf -- empty?

[w trillich <will@pinncomp.net>]

i did the religious
	apt-get install samba
and then
	apt-get install smbclient	# just for testing
(even tho i'd done a full apt-get dist-upgrade, i still
apt-get install things left and right that weren't selected..)

and it complains about not being able to read /etc/samba/smb.conf
and i can see why:

there is none.

i create a blank one via

	touch /etc/samba/smb.conf

so at least 'testparm' doesn't choke, and 'smbclient' gets past
the initial retch, on to whining about missing codepage 180 or so.

with a bit-o-editing, smb.conf is now
	[homes]
	   path = /home/%S		# redundant but harmless
	   writeable = true
but i gotta set the bios name and this and that and yada yada.

so, wise folk, please direct me to a utility that creates
such a monster (the smb.conf manpage is only 9000+ lines
long, and i'd like to get SOME sleep this week)...

its name is probably something sensible, like gribnif 
or thipnoodler. (sambaconfig, while predictably-named, 
is surprisingly predictable at creating a three-line 
/etc/samba/debian_config instead of the thousands of
lines that'll wind up in smb.conf.) and so i ask you
knowledgable folk who've been down this path to shed
a bit of light for me.

if there's no create-a-'smb.conf'-utility, perhaps there
are samples out there to start from?

TIA