[CS-FSLUG] local lan file sharing

[Frank Bax]

At the office, a new Kyocera KM-3035 was installed last week - this is a 
fast network printer/fax/copier/scanner all-in-one unit.  There is a 
scan-to-pc option (imagine scanning multiple pages as fast as a 
photocopier) that only works with a Windows client.  It's a small office, 
and security is not a big concern, so yesterday I setup the Windows client 
on a selected workstation to deposit the scans on a samba server 
(OpenBSD).  This allows all windows clients to pick up scanned documents in 
the same place.  I plan to write a script which deletes scans after some 
hard-coded time period (a month or two).  The office has a few Linux 
workstations (Mandrake 9.1).  What's the best way for these Linux 
workstations to access the scanner files deposited on OpenBSD system?  Do I 
access them via the samba share that Windows clients use, or is there 
another alternative?  If you suggest an option, please include some 
pros/cons.  I have done some access to samba shares from Linux/OpenBSD 
before, but it has always been a script that does the mount, some file 
transfers, then unmount.  I've never had a share "open" for extended 
periods.  Tim's recent issues with unmounting a share that got disconnected 
has me cautious about how to proceed.  If a permanent mount point is needed 
it will need to be in every users home directory, because users of these 
Linux machines don't know anything else.

Frank