# Show the CIFS shares available on a remote server: smbclient -L //freenas -U paul # Browse a remote CIFS share (sort of like ftp or ssh): smbclient //freenas/nas -U paul # Mount a remote CIFS share: sudo apt-get install cifs-utils smbfs mount -t cifs //freenas/nas /mnt/freenas -o username=paul,password=foo,iocharset=utf8,rw,sec=ntlm,uid=paul,gid=paul,forceuid=paul,forcegid=paul # or with a credentials file: mount -t cifs //freenas/nas /mnt/freenas -o credentials=/home/paul/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,rw,sec=ntlm,uid=paul,gid=paul,forceuid=paul,forcegid=paul