Network Drive

Hello,

Does anyone know how to mount a network drive so that its on the desktop without having to connect it everytime??

Thanks!

Hi Hows the "Fraud Department" ,, dont you have a "tech Department" for this issues ??? HE HE

But seriously,, When you connect to the server it will normally automount on the desktop if not you have changed your Finder preferences so that connected server icons do not appear on the desktop. If you have done this and want to see your mounted volumes, with the Finder active, from the Go menu, select Computer. A Finder window will appear listing your disks and mounted volumes.

When ever you disconnect the mounted drive will not be visable!

Hey!

But is their a way to automount on startup? as in I login and it automounts? with the username and password already in the keychain?

Best Regards,
Brill

The closest I've been able to come is this:

Go to:

System Preferences
System:Accounts
Startup Items

and drag the mounted volume into the list.

Unfortunately, I can't get it to remember my password and I have to type it in every time.

When you connect to a file server, you should see an 'Options...' button. If you click on this, there is a preference which states:

'Add Password to Keychain'

I have checked this and clicked the 'Save Preferences' button, but it continues to ask for my password every time I try to connect.

HI,

Eric I think you will find this intresting reading about the keychain and different mounthing.

http://www.macwindows.com/panther.html

Hello People,

Does anyone know how to make a Network Drive pass with authoentacation and not have to type in the password over and over again? As the key thing doesnt work all that well. Anyone got ideas?

This topic should be merged with Network drive, Please inform a mod about this Brill. Please do not double post!! Its kinda annoying.

Anyways, The only solution for your issue is to use applescripts.

You can use the Scripeditor to add this:

tell app "Finder"
try
open location "afp://password:username@ipaddress/volume
end try
end tell

This will open and connect to an afp volume. If you need this for a windows network you should put in the code for that. (Look at google to find it)

After you have compiled it then save it if error free. Next in system prefrences you should add this to the startup tasks.

Now it should (Ive tested it and work perfectly with an afp network) connect auto on startup

tell application "Finder"
try
open location "smb://brill@192.168.1.1/brill"
end try
end tell

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for some reason smb://password:brill@192.168.1.1/brill doesnt work, im not sure why and im trying to find an answer any ideas on this subject?

Best Regards,
Brill...

Sorry I have only the possibility to try this on an apple network afp,, but I'll keep you in mind if I come over a network where I can test you the windows network.

well actually its a Linux Gentoo server but, I thank you.
any ideas what I could google on the subject?