mounting samba

I got this from this webpage: http://askubuntu.com/questions/157128/proper-fstab-entry-to-mount-a-samba-share-on-boot

(and copied it so it doesn't disappear)

I've been through exactly this same issue this morning with 12.04 and here's how I got it working:

Install cifs-utils  (even if you already have Samba and related packages installed):

  sudo apt-get install cifs-utils  

Edit /etc/fstab and add your entry:

  //server/share /pathto/mountpoint cifs credentials=/home/username/.smbcredentials,uid=shareuser,gid=sharegroup 0 0  

Create the .smbcredentials file in your home directory:

  username=shareuser  password=sharepassword  domain=domain_or_workgroupname  

Make sure you secure your ~/.smbcredentials file:

  chmod 0600 ~/.smbcredentials  

Finally, test the mount with:

  sudo mount -a  

...and you should be good to go!

Restore menu bar to firefox from Ubuntu Unity

To restore the menu bar from the top of the screen to firefox itself, within firefox go to about:config, search for "unity" and toggle to false. Ref: http://askubuntu.com/questions/312940/global-menu-bar-integration-add-on-missing-in-firefox-22-for-ubuntu-12-04