[TriLUG] samba issues is Bluecurve ( Redhat 9.1)

[spain at ncssm.edu]

I have successfully installed redhat 9.0 on my laptop using a custom
installation option.. My goal is to use it as a workstation with some while
running apache/mysql/php to do some web application development.. 

It's great so far but I'm having some difficulty in samba.. I'm basically
sharing the /var/www/html (for wwwroot access for other users to place files
in) and /home/apps (misc. file transfers) directories as public shares read
and writable to all.. 

however, when I attempt to copy files to the wwwroot share, i get access
denied errors.. I have created samba users and I log in using the samba user
name and password, which also have a regular user acct on the box.. 

is there something I'm missing here?  should I be placing the user I'm using
in the root group or be checking whom has access to the file directories
that i'm copying to?  Please help

Jamil