Automatically reconnect to a Samba share at login
Jun 26, '03 10:14:00AM
Contributed by: filburt1
At work I have a G4 and a P3 in my office. My P3 has most of my existing Java code on it, including a working connection to a CVS server. Now that I'm developing some Java on my Mac, I need to access my P3's files constantly. However, when I restart or log out of my G4 at night and log back in the next day, I'm naturally disconnected from a share to which I connect (the share is set up on the P3 and I connect to it via the G4).
So, here's how you can get OS X to reconnect to a Samba share at login:
- Connect to the server (Cmd+K in the Finder, continue through the steps until you have it mounted on the Desktop)
- Open System Preferences and go to Login Items.
- Drag the shared folder from the desktop to an empty spot in the list of login items.
If all is well then it show up as the share name with the kind "Folder." It might pop up as a new Finder window at login, and checking Hide might hide the entire Finder, but it's better than nothing.
[robg adds: I thought we had a hint on this already, but my searches came up empty ... so here it is!]
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Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030625104447795