Mac OSX accessing a CIF Share

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davesiegel

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I have a new WD network connected drive array that has been set up as a CIF share. The windows machines on my network can access it just fine by typing "\\foobar" in an explorer window and then mapping a drive letter to this. When I open the Network panes in the Finder it seems to see the share, but I cannot access it. Any thoughts on what might be the best way? I'd like this to automatically reconnect at login. Thanks in advance!

Dave
 
In finder, hit Command-K or use the menu item Go->Connect to server...

When the connection box comes up, type in:

cifs://foobar

The network drive should now show up in the sidebar in Finder.

To have it reconnect automatically, go to the Accounts preferences pane in System Preferences.

Under Login Items, click the plus sign and select the network share in the sidebar.

Now, the share will automatically be mounted when you login.
 
Dumb question... How do you know when a Windows machine is setup with CIFS vs. SMB?

Are they synonymous?

cifs://foobar
smb://foobar

Also, why are these unix-style /'s vs. DOS-style \'s ?
 
I think that OS X need sharetype://foobar as a general format for connect to server - the / rather than the \ is as a result of that.

PS you are doing a lot of threadcromancy the last few days tommy but nice to see ya. :)
 
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