To get Samba working for Windows Share on Linux you need to: need to fully install Samba too… So, Install SMBFS and SAMBA sudo apt-get install smbfs samba Configure samba To share stuff, some global parameters need to be changed: edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and in the [global] section, make sure the following are set: workgroup = WORKGROUP Read more about Samba password configuration[…]