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Jasoco · 2009-04-12 12:39 pm

I use one of my networked HD's so much I figure it would be smarter to have it just connect at log in.

How would I go about doing this, but still have it fail gracefully?

In other words, I want it to mount automatically if I am in my network, but if I am out somewhere else, I don't want it giving me a "Cannot connect" error. That would feel too much like Windows. Graceful failing would be nice. Maybe a Terminal shell script or something?

Mr. Happypants · 2009-04-12 5:00 pm

I have a Script at work to connect to the networked drives on startup. Sits in my Login items for the user, works like a charm!

Jasoco · 2009-04-12 5:08 pm

That's the thing. What would the script look like and where would I put it to make it run then?

Is it a shell script?

Mr. Happypants · 2009-04-12 6:19 pm

Ahhhhh, I'll look at work tomorrow & post it, if nobody beats me to it. PM me if you don't see it shortly, I may wander off & forget. wink

Jasoco · 2009-04-12 6:50 pm

Haha, okay. If no one posts it by tomorrow night I'll PM you. wink

Not a huge deal though, just would be nice to have.

Mr. Happypants · 2009-04-13 10:37 am

Here's the AppleScript I've got just for the 2 most commonly mounted servers:

Code:

tell application "Finder"
    mount volume "afp://192.168.200.70/Mac Server" as user name "name" with password "pass"
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    mount volume "afp://192.168.200.81/brisque01.2.0" as user name "name" with password ""
end tell

The second one connects sans password, so it's empty. Likewise, I'd imagine you can set them to connect as SMB as well. I added the script to my Login items for the user & it works like a charm. big_smile

Jasoco · 2009-04-13 2:47 pm

That works perfectly. Except for how the Finder freezes for 10 seconds while it connects. I wonder if it could be done with a shell script that could run in the background as part of the Unix underpants instead of the GUI.

I'll put this in my Startup Items for now and give it a test.

Mr. Happypants · 2009-04-14 2:39 pm

I'm sure there's a better way, I generally restart & walk away to get a coffee or something so I don't notice if there's a delay. big_smile

sturner · 2009-04-14 3:04 pm

I think there's a program out there for this.

bonjour mount

mount manager

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Mount networked drives at bootup?

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