Mount SMB file share from Linux using gio

Type the following command from the terminal command prompt $:

$ gio mount smb://<servername>/<sharename>

Where <servername> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server, <sharename> is the name of the share on that server. The system will spit back the message:

Password required for share <sharename> on <servername>

When prompted enter the following:

User [admin]: ad\NetID
 
Domain [WORKGROUP]: ad

Password: YourPassword

once the mount is created it will create a temporary path located at  the following path, for example:

# /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share\:server\=host.domain.com\,share\=files/

At the terminal command prompt $ enter the following string where <userid> is the currently logged in Linux user id, <servername> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server, <sharename> is the name of the share on that server and <mountpoint> is the name of a folder you would like to create to access the mapped path

ln -s /run/user/<userid>/gvfs/smb-share\:server\=<servername>\,share\=<sharename>/ ~/<mountpoint>

Note: The gio command is not persistent and you will have to run it each time the computer is rebooted.  The symbolic link should still be persistent upon re-running the gio command.