I seem to recall from several years ago there was a smbfs for Linux.  I 
would suggest checking the samba web site for details.  There was also some 
work in progress for modifying the dynamic library loading process to grab 
a open() that was SMB aware.

At 09:42 PM 8/27/2001 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>is it possible to export device thorough smbd/nmbd?
>
>to use then windoze/dos version of tar to do backup on tape drive
>connected to unix machine.