I want to connect to a networked drive at startup

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Excuse me if I'm being a bit dim, but how can you configure Tiger to automatically connect to a networked drive at startup?

I'm sure there used to be a check box somewhere to do this, but can I find one anywhere ?? :confused:
 
Just open "System Preferences", and click on "Accounts". Select your account, and click on the "Startup Items" tab.

Drag your networked volumes into the list. You can put them anywhere you like, e.g. first if you want them to mount early, before any of the applications launch.

You might want to save the passwords on your keychain before you do this, if you want everything to go smoothly. If you don't, you'll have enter your credentials for every one of the volumes in turn.

Just make sure noone can access your account without loggin in with name and password, i.e don't enable "Automatic login" if you value your privacy and the integrity of your data. But you knew that already.
 
further advice.... I have my server in the startup items list, but if I try to drag it from the end of the list, all I seem to do is select all my other start up items....

Is there some magic to this or what?
 
I use an AppleScript to mount my network drives because they aren't always there... I keep the server off unless IN eed it due to its noise.

The script is very simple and does the trick quickly and easily.
 
Robn Kester said:
I use an AppleScript to mount my network drives because they aren't always there... I keep the server off unless IN eed it due to its noise.

The script is very simple and does the trick quickly and easily.
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any chance of getting that script?

thanks

ken
 
Here is the basic script. There is no error checking to see if the networked machine is there or not, so it will fail if that is the case. If someone who is AS saavy could add that, I'd appreciate it.

tell application "Finder"
mount volume "afp://machinename/volumename" as user name "username" with password "password"
end tell

replace the machine name with your machine's name, and for each volume you want to mount, repeat the mount volume line using the actual volumes name, and your name/password.

Then just save it out of the AS editor as an application and put it in your startup items, or run it manually and viola.

r
 
On a somewhat related note, is there a way to rename the volumes you mount? I mount 2 of them, but they all mount with my username as their name. Is there a way label them differently?
 
And yet another fun one, is there a way to have it use your password out of keychain so your passwords aren't stored in the scpt?
 
My mounts come up as the volume's name like "Happy Goat" or "Finger Biter" or whatever. Are these seperate drives with seperate volumes or one drive with several volumes?

Yes, cfleck. However I have no idea how to AS into the Keychain. I've read that there are issues with Keychain Scripting in Tiger, that might cause Panther scripts that work with the Keychain to fail.

I am AS illiterate, so someone who knows things pleeease chime in!

I think how it should work is... you tell the application Keychain Scripting to launch. Then tell it to retreieve the key from the keychain for that user (or for that user/pass combo for that share) then pass that info to the mount command as a variable of some kind?

This thread talks about similar action using Entourage, so maybe its a good place to start digging?

http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39646

r
 
Seperate drives, seperate volumes. Actually, seperate domains, seperate machines, separate drives, seperate volumes.

I'll see what I can find.

I too am AS illiterate. I just piecemeal things I find, but it has worked out so far.
 
I have now got my linksys NSUL2 networking nicely.... sort of.

Trying to back up with the bundled Retrospect Express to the attached Maxtor USB2 300Gb hard drive goes well, till it halts due to "illegal file names"

Am I going to have to rename all files that contain "/" and other (what other?) "illegal" characters, or is there another way round, ideally without delving too deeply into Linux and command lines, which are in darkest jungle terrirory for me.
 
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