Install the following packages:

apt-get install  samba-common smbclient samba-common-bin smbclient  cifs-utils

Create a local directory:

mkdir /mnt/abc

Mount the Samba share using your username:

mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/abc -o user=uwe

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A great way to configure a Raspberry Pi from scratch is PiBakery. After struggling a while with setting up a VNC server and some other things on a fresh Pi connected only via Ethernet (no display, keyboard, or mouse), finding PiBakery was very helpful.

Here's my configuration:

The long string …

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