Samba - Can access /etc can't access /var

I a trying to set up a Linux server to host and test web pages whilst
they are being developed.

For this I am developing the pages within Dreamweaver (Win XP) and
need to save the pages to a Linux server running apache.

Apache is running and serving pages
samba is running and I can access the folder /etc from windows XP and
see all the files and folders under /etc
The permissions are set identically for /var /etc /misc

However the folder I need to get to is /var/www/html but from windows
XP all I get is

" \\Linuxbox\var 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" not matter what combination
of
/var , /var/www , /var/www/html I use (though the message above
changes to reflect this)

The same is true if I try to share /misc

Can anyone tell me what I (probably) need to do to access /var and the
folders/files below it or what information (and how to find it) I need
to supply for someone to make an informed decision.

Thanks

Fedora Core 4
samba 3
.

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