Mount a shared Windows folder in Ubuntu
It’s an absolute necessity to have your Windows shared folders handy in Ubuntu. First, make sure if have Samba installed. If you are not, running this command will cause no harm
sudo apt-get install smbclient smbfs
This small wonder command in itself will do the magical mounting
sudo mount -t cifs //<your windows machine ip>/<path to shared folder> -o username="user", password="password", iocharset=utf-8,codepage=unicode /home/<ubuntu user>/<mount point>
Authentication is required if your shared Windows folder is configured such. Make sure you provide the correct username and password. So, for example, if I have to mount my shared Music folder in Ubuntu:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.60/Music -o username="det j", password="******", iocharset=utf-8, codepage=unicode /home/detj/Music
If you have set write permission to your Windows folder, you can use this folder to transfer files between your computers.
Now, you can has shared folder powers in ubuntu!!
