Mounting Linux Samba share in Linux

It seems that allmost ANY question or explanation on this subject deals with mounting linux shares in windows or the other way around.

I've got a simple linux server (raspbian), running a Samba server with a public share, that I want to mount and access frmo another linux machine running Ubuntu.

The Linux Samba server

smb.conf share:

[Public] path = /mnt/Storage/public public = yes browsable = yes read only = no gust ok = yes force user = nobody

The share points to a USB disk formatted with ext3.

The Linux Samba client

$ sudo smbclient -L 10.0.0.4
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.2.14-Debian] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- print$ Disk Printer Drivers Public Disk IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 4.2.14-Debian)

So, the ubuntu machine clearly sees the samba share, but how to mount and access it?

$ sudo /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\10.0.0.4\\public
WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated
Enter root's password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.2.14-Debian]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
$ mount.cifs //10.0.0.4/public /mnt/public -o username=pi
mount.cifs: permission denied: no match for /mnt/public found in /etc/fstab

I've tried some messing with fstab, without success, but do I REALLY have to do that? In windows I can mount and unmount samba shares as much as I want - why not in linux?

NB: This is a public share, which should be accessible without username or password, so any fstabs pointing to a credentials file would be unnecessary.

Anyone got any quick pointers to actual valid and non-outdated information for what I thought was a simple thing?

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