Mount windows folder on Ubuntu/Linux

Step 1: Share the folder (which your want to mount on ubuntu) on windows machine

Step 2: create a folder which will be your mount point /mnt/data

sudo mkdir /mnt/data

Step 3: Check available shared resources/ sharename

smbclient -L //<ip-address> -U <windows-username>

Step 4: Mount

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=<username> //<ip-address>/<sharename> /mnt/data/

Errors and Solutions

Error:

cannot mount ....... read-only

Solution

apt-get upgrade cifs-utils

Error:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock

Solution

apt-get upgrade cifs-utils