Permanent SMB share connection

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1195690&tstart=0

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I may be missing your boat, so please excuse if I am. I have been following all this because after I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard, none of MY NETWORK computers showed up in Finder like they did in Tiger. I still have to go to "connect to" each time I reboot. I am not talking about boot camp or parallels. Just pure & simple turn on and click connections.

Again, sorry if I do not understand.

I can't get any SMB connection to work at all. It worked fine under tiger, but with leopard (both upgrade and clean install) can't get anything on smb (occasionally I can mount and copy some files to it, but can see them in the directory)

But, anyway... to sort of answer the question of the original post. Assuming you can actually make SMB connections...

If you want a permanent smb connection that mounts on boot/login, the following steps should work. It works for my afp connections.

open terminal.
type "su" to get super user privileges (You may have to enable this first), then:
cd /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/
mkdir mounts
cd mounts
pico

once pico opens paste the following and then edit for your own configuration:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>dir</key>
<array>
<string>/Network/SHARENAME</string>
</array>
<key>generateduid</key>
<array>
<string>0000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</string>
</array>
<key>name</key>
<array>
<string> IPADDRESS:/SHARENAME</string>
</array>
<key>opts</key>
<array>
<string>url==smb://WORKGROUP;login:password@IPADDRESS/SHARENAME</string>
</array>
<key>vfstype</key>
<array>
<string>url</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

Let us know if that works okay for you.

P.S.: Reboot after you do all this. The mount should show up under the "Network" directory. Note also that you may have to go to finder preferences, sidebar tab (under finder menu) to enable the "Computer" device in the sidebar. That will allow you to quickly navigate to "Network".

When I type 'su' after starting my |applications|terminal|I am asked for a password. I tried every known password I have ever used on this computer -- even tried just pressing 'return.' I can not get in. I have permission to read & write as the user. how do I get past the first step?!

Directions will follow, but first the warning...

After typing the su command and entering the correct password every command you type is executed with permissions of the superuser until such point as you type the command "exit" or simply close the terminal window. That means you can do anything at the command line, up to and including erasing the entire boot drive or any other attached drive (If you type the command to do it). Point being, you must be very careful, and I don't want to be blamed if something goes wrong. You should always have a recent backup of your important files, whether you're tinkering or not.

The superuser (root) is disabled by default (for the aforementioned reason) , this is why you were unable to get the password correct previously. To enable it, open Directory Utility (in the utilities folder), then click the lock at the bottom of that window. Enter your account password. Then go to the edit menu and select "Enable root user". Enter a password to use as the root password.

You then will be able to use that password after typing "su" in the previous instructions.

I'll also note here, since you've likely never used pico, that after you make the edits to the .plist file, you press control-o to save the file (CONTROL, NOT the command key) and control-x to exit pico.

You might do well to find other instructions on the net for pico, though it is pretty simple.

It will ask you what to save the file as after you hit control-o, you should be able to name it whatever you want, as long as you end the name with ".plist".