I think this hint was somewhere. I never got it to work myseld. I've added an applescript to the login items instead...
Save as an app and place in the login items...Works great (unless I'm not on my network)


tell application "Finder"
mount volume "smb://<WORKGROUP>;<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<MACHINE>/<SHARE>"
end tell

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I couldn't get this format to work so I tried this instead - with success:

tell application "Finder"
mount volume "smb://<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<MACHINE IP NAME OR NUMBER/<SHARE>"
end tell

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I was doing this for a while under 10.1x and came across some odd inexplicable problems, like some preference panes not loading and such. Once I removed the share I was connecting to from the login items, everything returned to normal.

As I've said this was under 10.1x, and I had the item set as 'hidden' on login; haven't tried it under Jaguar at all.



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You can also make a url in Safari (include name & pass in the address,) drag it to the desktop, then add it to login items. This tends to mount the server faster, and doesn't pop up a folder window.

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please give an example URL.

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The url should be in the same format as the one shown in the first comment by Gonzonia:

smb://<WORKGROUP>;<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<MACHINE>/<SHARE>

<WORKGROUP> can be left out if it's not required. <SHARE> can also be left out, but you'll get a dialogue box requesting you to pick a share if you don't specify one, which defeats the object of automatically logging in like this!

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i tried this in Safari (1.0 v85) and got the message 'Cannot go to "smb://<your text here>" because Mac OS X doesn't recognize addresses beginning with "smb:"' Any other ideas?

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I'm seeing the same thing.

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I recently got a 17-inch Powerbook which has replaced my home Quicksilver 733, and work AGP graphics 400 (Sawtooth?).

When I'm at home I use MacSFTP for accessing the development server and editing files with BBEdit. In the office I mount the drive via Samba. Everything is copasetic unless I make the mistake of not ejecting the Samba volume before putting the system to sleep and disconnecting from the network. I get home, wake the machine up, and have to wait FIVE TO TEN MINUTES for the beachball to stop. I usually end up doing a hard reboot in this situation, as it seems like the only solution. The Finder becomes 100% unresponsive, and essentially freezes the system.

I am PRAYING that Panther will do a better job of handling these sort of network issues, because it's just rediculous. I try to remember to eject the drive, but sometimes I forget and pay the price.

Any thoughts or common experiences?

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I don't know where the problem lies (SAMBA or higher), but the exact same thing happens to me. it's usually faster just to restart the machine than wait. this is my #1 peeve (#2 is that CUPS printing to a Windows machine is still flaky at best) with the current OS.

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This problem isn't isolated to Samba shares, at least for me. I have this same problem with Apple File Sharing volumes. At first I kept trying to relaunch the Finder which typically turned into a reboot, but it really does just lock up for several minutes, disconnect from the volume, and return to normal.

This really is unacceptable--avoiding these kinds of lockups and problems are the reason I want to use OS X. It's especially a pain in the rear remembering to disconnect from all volumes before I put my PowerBook to sleep and move from home to office. When I forget--there's a locked up Finder for at least 5 minutes. Maybe someone can start a forums thread on solutions?

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I did it like this:

Connect to the server, add your pass to the keychain.

Your share will now be mounted on the desktop.

Create an alias of the share.

Go to the Finder->Preferences

Deselect "Show connected servers" on desktop

Rename the alias on the desktop to whatever you please, you will now effectively be your share.

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Of all the things I have read and tried this solution was so simple I could not believe it. It works great. I guess KISS is always applicable.

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I cant get this to work, When I restart the Alias is there but when I double click on it, it asks for the password, this is fine. But when I type the password in I get a message saying "the alias could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found"
If I goto to finder and connect to the server then the alias works.
But im trying to get the share to come up at login automatically. Ive tried some of the above hints but I havent been able to get those to work either.


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Write the smb (or afp) url in the address line like this:

smb://username:password/serveripaddress/sharename

Drag the icon on the left of the address to the desktop. Now you see a URL document, which you drag into the login items window.

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what if I want the share to be mapped under different user/pass ? If I want the system to prompt for a user/pass on every login how do I do that?

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