How to mount remote samba and windows shares

GUI version

For a windows share, Share the folder on windows, make sure share name is short within 8 characters

Go into Linux and open nautilus, go to networks browse and locate share, click to enter user name and password.

command line version

1. Create a folder on your desktop called winshare using the command
   mkdir winshare
2. Execute the mount command
   sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.27.xxx/sharename -o username=username,password=password ~/Desktop/winshare/
3. To unmount type
   sudo umount ~/Desktop/winshare