Specify the domain in SMB login strings

Dec 10, '03 10:03:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

My default Workgroup in the Windows domain does not equal my login Workgroup. I found that you can specify Workgroup (along with user ID) in the SMB connect to string. For example:

 smb://WORKGROUP;machine.somewhere.com/Share
This works to specify WORKGROUP for login. This can be expanded to:
 smb://WORKGROUP;User@machine.somewhere.com/Share
I hope this helps! It has taken me a very long time to find this. With this, and Add to Keychain, I can now connect without entering the password! Before, since the WORKGROUP was wrong, it prompted me for password.

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