(SuSE 9.2 Professional) I don't think this is a problem with linux. I think it may have more to do with the PC... I tried to share the DVD in my linux machine with a PC, adding this to the smb.conf: [dvd] comment = DVD drive path = /media/cdrecorder writable = no locking = no The PC sees the DVD drive just fine. However, I've tried several DVD player programs on the PC and none of them will recognize that the drive is a DVD player. I tried several movie discs in the DVD drive, and the PC shows the discs do contain the movie files. However, even the PC DVD player software that allows choosing a movie file to play won't play the movies -- just garbage appears which suggests the program doesn't see (or know) enough information to decrypt the video. Is there something I can do to Samba to make the share appear more "drive-like."