I want to share External disk to windows

Hi there,
I have a Lacie external disk and am trying to share it to my windows network (not a domain - just a workgroup).
I have edited my /etc/smb.conf to add the [Lacie] share following this guide: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html and it shows up on my network but when I click on it from a Windows machine, it says
\\macmini\Lacie is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
What else do I need to do to enable me to read and write to the share from Windows.
Thanks!
keymoo

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