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!