Samba

Hi I have samba set up and can see the Windows machine but can not write to it. I try to change the permisions on the Suse machine's /mnt point but they stay the same. Then i try to browse the network from the Windows machine and nothing, the Suse machine does not show up at all. What am i missing here as i have the same settings i use with other distros which work. I disable my firewall and to no avail. Must say nfs was a breeze with Suse 9.1, just this samba is giving me grief. Marek