
Simply auto-mount Network Shares at Mac OSX startup, or even simpler at login
Assuming you wanted to mount a share named 'Devel' on a Windows box named 'denali', like
cifs://denali/Devel. You would first test this via Cmd-K and then
- open NetInfo Manager, which lives in Application/Utilities
- click the lock to be able to make changes
- click on
mounts - click on
Newin the Toolbar - click on the entry in the lower frame and start adding row, by clicking
Newagain - Create the following name value pairs:
- name -
denali:/Devel - vfstype -
url - dir -
/Network/devel - opts -
url==smb://<your_username>:<your-password>@denali/DEVEL
- name -
An alternative way to mount a share-point for the faint of heart, those who don't want to get into NetInfo Manager, would be to:
- Simply mount the volume using Cmd-K and save the username and password you use in your keychain.
- Open System Preferences -> Accounts.
- Select Login Items tab and drag the volume into the dialog window.
- Now the volume mounts on login, when you have network connectivity (you get an error otherwise).