[ebsidohw]

I searched and didn't find this topic, so I'm starting a new one. In case its already come up, advanced apologies to the Mods.

I want to set up my ibook to connect to network drives when I login. I have multiple users setup for different locations/people (home/work/everyone else). I want to make it so when I login to my regular acct @ home it maps to my mp3 share as well as my webpage files where I do work on my web server. And when at work and login to my work user on the ibook, I'd like it to map to network shares I use at work.

I know how to manually setup all the network shares, but I'd like it to happen automatically because I am lazy, and would like to further develop my laziness.

How can I make it so when I login to different users, os x automatically connects to network shares?

Thanks in advance.

[Appleman]

Set up differerent Locations in System Preferences -> Network, and then choose from the Apple menu the apropriate "Location".
I guess that's what you mean?

[SMacTech]

To mount a network share for a particular user when they log in, just drag the network share icon into the start-up items for that user in the Accounts pref pane.

[ebsidohw]

Originally posted by SMacTech:
To mount a network share for a particular user when they log in, just drag the network share icon into the start-up items for that user in the Accounts pref pane.

Just tried your suggestion. I dragged the network share icon to startup items for my 'home' user. Logged out, and back in, and no luck.

I konw I ran across an option to do this once before, I just can't remember where. At the time I didn't think I'd use the feature.

[ebsidohw]

Didn't find an option for it, but it can be done by applescript.

http://unxmaal.com/mt/archives/001897.php

hope this helps anyone else trying the same thing.

all you do is startup applescript editor, and the script is:


====
tell application "Finder"


open location "smb:// user : password @ computername / sharename"


end tell
====

save as an app, and set the app to load at startup, and voila.

[gromit95]

I would like to try this but cant figure out what to put after smb:// ???
i have a g4 733 with 10.2 and a 40 G.B. martian netdrive

user = computer name gromit95
password= i don’t have a password for this drive
computername = martIan
sharename =netdrive

"smb://gromit95:???@matian/netdrive"

i tried this and no go.
what do i do about the password?

Thanks Fred

[ginoledesma]

Simply omit the password and the preceding colon, like so:

Code:
smb://gromit95@matian/netdrive

Be careful of spaces and special characters, though.