Just a quick note on using Samba/Windows shares from Linux:
Assuming all is working, try something like
mount -t smbfs //samba/share /mnt/sambashare -o
username=username,password=password
to mount a Windows/Samba share. This works in /etc/fstab too:
//samba/share /mnt/sambashare smbfs
username=username,password=password 0 0
With that in place, doing a "mount /mnt/sambashare" will do it all for you
automatically.
- Bob