====== Mount SMB/CIFS from shell ====== Install cifs-utils sudo apt-get install cifs-utils Mount share sudo mount -t cifs -o username=,password=,uid=1000,gid=1000 //server/share /mnt_folder Or if you are using AD to authenticate sudo mount -t cifs -o username=,password=,domain=,uid=1000,gid=1000 //server/share /mnt_folder