How to mount a remote Windows share from Linux

1) Make sure you have following information:
==> Windows username and password to access share name
==> Sharename (such as //server/share) or IP address
==> root level access on Linux

2) Login to Linux as a root user (or use su or sudo)

3) Create the required mount point:
# mkdir -p /mnt/ntserver

4) Use the mount command as follows:
# mount -t cifs //ntserver/download -o username=vivek,password=myPassword /mnt/ntserver

Use following command if you are using Old version such as RHEL <=4 or Debian <= 3: # mount -t smbfs -o username=vivek,password=D1W4x9sw //ntserver/download /mnt/ntserver

5) Access Windows 2003/2000/NT share using cd and ls command:
# cd /mnt/ntserver; ls -l

Where,

• -t smbfs : File system type to be mount (outdated, use cifs)
• -t cifs : File system type to be mount
• -o : are options passed to mount command, in this example I had passed two options. First argument is password (vivek) and second argument is password to connect remote windows box
• //ntserver/download : Windows 2000/NT share name
• /mnt/ntserver Linux mount point (to access share after mounting)

credit - http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-remote-windows-partition-windows-share-under-linux.html

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

To have the share mount on startup do the following:

$ sudo kate /etc/fstab

add at the bottom of the file:
//ntserver/share /mnt/ntserver cifs username=user,paswsword=pass 0 0
>>>>>>>>>space>>>>>space>space>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>space>space
Note: make sure you hit enter a few times after your last line to avoid errors.

Now when you restart your machine you should be able to see the windows share by typing " ls /mnt/ntserver"