This tutorial is based on Martin Hinner's hack Enabling ssh access on MyBook World Edition

• Access the device web interface and create a user.
  • Open in web browser: http://DEVICE_NAME/ (where DEVICE_NAME may by the IP or the NAME of your MYBOOK).
  • Select General Setup tab in the Shared Storage Manager page.
  • Click Update Admin Username and Password [Advanced] link.
  • Choose a new password and hit Update button.

• Enter the “Upgrade the System Firmware” utility by accessing:

http://DEVICE_NAME/auth/firmware_upgrade.pl?fwserver=martin.hinner.info/mybook/firmware.php

• Access device using a ssh client (ex: putty).

• To start ssh automaticaly when device is started edit /etc/inittab and add this line:

::sysinit:/usr/sbin/sshd

• Default username and password for a new MyBook are: admin/123456

• firmware.php
• source code
• latestfw.sh