[iDriveX]

I'm trying to do the following in 10.3, is it possible, are there workarounds?

I would like to mount certain server volumes that I always use onto my desktop (there is no server btw, it's multiple macs with file sharing always on. These macs all have static IP Addresses that never change). After mounting the volumes, I would like to put the computer to sleep, restart it, shut it down, and whenever the computer comes back up, have it automatically mount these volumes if they are available. In the "Connect to Server..." options, I clicked "Add Password to Keychain", but I don't see any way to have the volumes automatically mount after a shutdown or restart. Any way to do this?

[beverson]

Have you tried SharePoints AutoMounter?

[iDriveX]

Unfortunately it looks like SharePoints AutoMounter only allows you to do it if you use guest access, I have a user name and password I will be entering into the system.

SharePoints AutoMounter mentions that it automates the process of putting the shares into the /Network directory. I can't find this directory anywhere, is this a step in the right direction?

[gorickey]

Does this help?

http://www.bombich.com/mactips/automount.html

[iDriveX]

Perfect, but damn it shouldn't be that hard. In OS 9, it was a checkbox!

[SMacTech]

I have placed aliases of my network shares that I want to mount at startup, in the startup items.
Of the ones I don't need regularly, I just place them in my finder toolbar.

[aaanorton]

Originally posted by SMacTech:
I have placed aliases of my network shares that I want to mount at startup, in the startup items.
Of the ones I don't need regularly, I just place them in my finder toolbar.

Bingo.
This works for me too, sometimes. The funny thing is that I need to make an alias of the server before adding it to the startup items or the button bar. The button bar/startup items are aliases of aliases. So, in essence, I have 2 or 3 aliases for each server, one I just store in my ~/Documents folder, the other(s) is in the button bar and/or startup items.
Remember to show name and icon in the button bar if you do this. Otherwise, it gets pretty confusing.

[scip]

Originally posted by iDriveX:
I'm trying to do the following in 10.3, is it possible, are there workarounds?

I would like to mount certain server volumes that I always use onto my desktop (there is no server btw, it's multiple macs with file sharing always on. These macs all have static IP Addresses that never change). After mounting the volumes, I would like to put the computer to sleep, restart it, shut it down, and whenever the computer comes back up, have it automatically mount these volumes if they are available. In the "Connect to Server..." options, I clicked "Add Password to Keychain", but I don't see any way to have the volumes automatically mount after a shutdown or restart. Any way to do this?

Does anyone know why Apple has not included this feature in the GUI as easy as it was in OS 9 and prior? As I move my clients to OS X, I know this will be a major gripe for them.

[CatOne]

Originally posted by iDriveX:
I'm trying to do the following in 10.3, is it possible, are there workarounds?

I would like to mount certain server volumes that I always use onto my desktop (there is no server btw, it's multiple macs with file sharing always on. These macs all have static IP Addresses that never change). After mounting the volumes, I would like to put the computer to sleep, restart it, shut it down, and whenever the computer comes back up, have it automatically mount these volumes if they are available. In the "Connect to Server..." options, I clicked "Add Password to Keychain", but I don't see any way to have the volumes automatically mount after a shutdown or restart. Any way to do this?

Mount the volumes on your desktop, and then open startup items, and drag the volumes into "open these items automatically at startup." (This is in preferrences->accounts->startup items of the user, FYI).

There, done.

[parsec_kadets]

Originally posted by scip:
Does anyone know why Apple has not included this feature in the GUI as easy as it was in OS 9 and prior? As I move my clients to OS X, I know this will be a major gripe for them.

My only guess is that it's a security concern.

[Cory Bauer]

Originally posted by scip:
Does anyone know why Apple has not included this feature in the GUI as easy as it was in OS 9 and prior? As I move my clients to OS X, I know this will be a major gripe for them.

In my experience, most Mac OS 9 users always checked that box by accident, thinking it was part of the connecting process. Later on, they'd run into system hangs because their Mac would try and mount the volume when they weren't connected to that server's network. If the Mac OS (both 9 and X) didn't do such a terrible job of dealing with unfound servers, it wouldn't be an issue.

You can also drag your Server icons from the desktop into your login items window - this is how I do it.