Mount Samba Share in Linux

List available shares on server:

Install the samba client library:

sudo apt install smbclient

Then list the shares:

smbclient -L //<your-ip-address>

You will then be prompted to enter a password (assuming your share requires one) and then will output something like this:

Sharename       Type      Comment
---------       ----      -------      
folder-mount-1  Disk      Description 1
folder-mount-2  Disk      Description 2
folder-mount-3  Disk      Description 3
IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Server Name)

Note the share name that you want to mount for later.

Temp mount the share to a folder:

Install the cifs-utils package:

sudo apt install cifs-utils

Create the mount-point (folder) and then mount the share:

sudo mkdir /mnt/myFolder

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=serverUserName //myServerIpAdress/sharename /mnt/myFolder/

(Note: this will unmount upon reboot.)

Permanently mount the share to a folder:

Install the cifs-utils package:

sudo apt install cifs-utils

Create the mount-point (folder):

sudo mkdir /mnt/myFolder

Modify your fstab file:

sudo vi /etc/fstab

Place the following line at or near the bottom of the file:

//<your-ip-address>/<mount-name> /mnt/myFolder/ cifs username=YOURUSERNAME,password=YOURPASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

(be sure to swap in your info into the line above)

Reboot your server and you should be off to the races.  To confirm that it is still mounted, type df -h and look found your mount in the list.