Default Permissions & Sharing setup

I currently have an iMac and MacBook which are both set up with File Sharing turned on. I have 2 problems at the moment:
1) The biggest problem is that all files created on either machine have defualt permissions set as User(Me): Read & Write, Everyone: Read Only/Read & Write, Staff (iMac) or Wheelo (MacBook): Read Only.
The third user is a phantom default. It's a real pain as I'd prefer to have a default for all files to include the user of both machines - so that the files I copy from one to another do not need their permissions changed manually each time I copy them over. If for example I copy over a whole folder of photos, I then have to go into that folder and change the permissions for all of the files. Sometimes it does not allow me to remove the Staff/Wheelo user or change other aspects of the Permission settings.
Is there anyway to remove the Staff/Wheelo user from the 2 computers and perhaps a way to add user names and permissions I want as the defaults??
2) The file sharing has been working up until about a week ago. While I was traveling I turned off File Sharing on the MacBook and on my return I have switched it back on. I can view and share files from the MacBook to the iMac but not in reverse. The MacBook shows up in the iMac's network places, but can not connect - it won't even show the public drop box.
Any ideas??
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease??!!!
Thanks!!
Amy

This isn't a complete answer to your problem, but "staff" and "wheel" are actually Unix-style "groups", not users. Maybe that will give you (or someone) a hint about how to deal with things.

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