jengamaster

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The box does not advertise Linux support, nor SMB, but a little research suggested that it should be possible...

Using smbclient
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Partially works out of the box using smbclient on Linux, using the following packages.
- samba-client-3.0.24-11.fc6
- samba-common-3.0.24-11.fc6
- samba-swat-3.0.24-11.fc6
- system-config-samba-1.2.35-1.1
- samba-3.0.24-11.fc6

Command run:
# smbclient '//mynetworkdrive/MYSHARE' -U 'mysmbworkgroup\mysmblogin%mysmbpassword'

Issues:
- Does not report the domain, OS, or server name correctly.
Domain=[ȇ] OS=[] Server=[�]
- File mod times are not reported correctly


Using cifs
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Works only with the Linux extensions disabled (using the following entry in /etc/modules.conf

install cifs \
/sbin/modprobe -r cifs; \
/sbin/modprobe --ignore-install cifs ; \
echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled ; \
echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/cifsFYI ; \


/etc/fstab entry:

//mynetworkdrive/MYSHARE /external_network_drive cifs rw,user=MYSMBWORKGROUP\mysmblogin%mysmbpassword,servern=MYNETWORKDRIVE 0 9

The script I use to test it is the following:

umount /external_network_drive/; modprobe -r cifs;lsmod | grep cifs
modprobe cifs; lsmod | grep cifs ; mount /external_network_drive/ ; ls /external_network_drive/

Other
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The FTP implementation on the network drive is buggy. It seems to ignore wildcards when ftping files from the network drive to the client Linux machine.

Overall verdict.. usable, but low marks to Freecom for making it tricky.