Log in to a single SMB share with multiple user names

Apr 09, '09 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I was having trouble connecting to multiple directories on a single SMB share in Leopard, where the directories had different logins. If I was logged into one directory as one user, then the "Connect to Server..." option in the Finder would default to that user for all directories on the same share and error out. I found a workaround for this.

With one directory already mounted under the first user login, select Go » Connect to Server. Type in your share name with the user before the drive name:

smb://2ndusername@drivename/2ndDirectory
Finder will then prompt you for a password, and mount the directory as a separate network drive. This should also work for AFP shares, though I haven't tried it.

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