Map Network drive First, Need to make sure you have Samba and smbclient and, Cifs-utils . Install them. create a mount point (if you haven't already) sudo mkdir /directr/to/moun/to Mount the volume sudo mount -t cifs //[addressofshare]/[folderofshare] -o usernam=ofshare /[localdirectorytomountto]  Exaple: sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.3.456/smbshare -o username=bob /mnt/remote Then, when asked for password, type in password of the share folder that is hosting the share you are trying to access, not your local machine.  Make it permanent by  going into the fstab vim /etc/fstab Line 2 is what you need to enter it (change it to your own of course). # //192.168.3.456/smbshare /mnt/remote cifs username=bob,passowrd=eatit 0 0 Test to see if it mount worked umount /storage/location mount -a Troubleshooing