mount the remote system using smbfs OR How to mount remote windows partition (windows share) under Linux

Procedure to mount remote windows partition

1) One need to have below required info before proceeding further:
a. Windows privilages to access share name
b. Sharename (i.e //server/share) or IP address of sharename server
c. Root level access on Linux (i.e root)

2) Login to Linux as a root user

3) Create the required mount point under mnt/:
# mkdir -p /mnt/Windows_mount_share_name)
Use the mount command as follows:
# mount -t cifs //ntserver/download -o
username=Windows_username_use_1.a,
password=Windows_userpwd
/mnt/ntsharename

4) Access Windows 2003/2000/NT share using cd and ls command:# cd /mnt/ntsharename;
ls -l