Login Script to Mount SMB Share to Desktop?

Jason,

Thanks for the reply, I guess I should have been more clear in my post. For some reason, I cannot use Go > Connect to Server... in the Finder options. I get some type of error to the effect of "You do not have permission to access this drive" - when I type in an incorrect login I get a different error saying "Bad username or password". I can connect to this samba server using Windows and other Linux machines. I can also connect using smb in the command line of my Mac and I can mount the drive using mount_smbfs but for some reason I can't do the easy Finder way.

This is why I am asking about a start up script since it seems the only way I can access this share is by typing in the command line. I have a basic script going below, however I would like it to remove the two directories it creates first at startup, determine whether I can mount the share, then if I can, recreate those folders (that way if I'm not at work, I won't see the empty folders on my desktop)... Below is my script (.command file set to run at login):

mkdir /Users/adam/Desktop/blxshare
mkdir /Users/adam/Desktop/blxweb
mount_smbfs //username:password@192.168.1.216/blxshare /Users/adam/Desktop/blxshare
mount_smbfs //username:password@192.168.1.216/blxweb /Users/adam/Desktop/blxweb
KillAll Terminal
exit

So, like I said, first, I need to add a rm /Users/adam/Desktop/blxshare, then I need some way to check and see if 192.168.1.216 exists, if so, recreate the folder and mount the SMB share.

Well at least it's some feedback - much better than what I've been getting at the other 5 forums my question is on LOL 🙂 What I'm doing now works, I'm just wondering if there is a Terminal command to check to see if an IP is valid and if so do something else (like mount). How good are your terminal skills Jason? 😉

Okay here is my Startup script, currently it supports 2 shares (you can easily edit it to change it to more than 2 or only one) I hope this helps someone else.

Put this into a file with a .command extension and don't forget to hop in the terminal and type chmod +x myfile.command to make sure it has execute permissions. Drag the command file to your login startup applications and you should be good.

Edit: You're going to want to remove the \'s around the quotes and \# signs, the Mac forums aren't cooperating with me today.
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#!/bin/sh

\# Put Samba Host IP as Host
host="192.168.1.xxx"

\# Desktop Path with trailing slash
desktop="/Users/user/Desktop/"

\# Share Username
username="yourusername"

\# Share Password
password="yourpassword"

\# Share 1 Name
shr1="share1"

\# Share 2 Name
shr2="share2"

\# Ping the host to see if it exists
outp=`ping -c 1 $host | grep "0% packet loss"`

\# Based on ping create folders and mount
\# or don't mount and delete folders if they exist

if [ "$outp" = "1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss" ]; then
echo "Found $host, mounting file systems..."

\# Share 1
dir1=${desktop}${shr1}
if [ ! -d "$dir1" ]; then
\# Can't Find Directory So Create It
echo "Creating Mount Point: $dir1";
mkdir "$dir1"
else
echo "Found Mount Point: $dir1"
fi
if [ -d "$dir1" ]; then
echo "Mounting..."
mount_smbfs //"$username":"$password"@"$host"/"$dir1" "$desktop""$shr1"
fi

\# Share 2
dir2=${desktop}${shr2}
if [ ! -d "$dir2" ]; then
\# Can't Find Directory So Create It
echo "Creating Mount Point: $dir2";
mkdir "$dir2"
else
echo "Found Mount Point: $dir2"
fi
if [ -d "$dir1" ]; then
echo "Mounting..."
mount_smbfs //"$username":"$password"@"$host"/"$dir2" "$desktop""$shr2"
fi

else
echo "Could not find $host..."

dir1=${desktop}${shr1}
if [ ! -d "$dir1" ]; then
\# Can't Find Directory So Do Nothing
echo "No Unused Mount Point for $dir1"
else
echo "Found Unused Mount Point: $dir1"
echo "Removing..."
rmdir "$dir1"
fi

dir2=${desktop}${shr2}
if [ ! -d "$dir2" ]; then
\# Can't Find Directory So Do Nothing
echo "No Unused Mount Point for $dir2"
else
echo "Found Unused Mount Point: $dir2"
echo "Removing..."
rmdir "$dir2"
fi
fi

\# NOTE: If you have other Shell Scripts, or the Teriminal.app is running
\# enabling the next line will cause the entire Terminal.app to close.
\# If you are sure that you can kill the Terminal process feel free to
\# uncomment the following line so that the Terminal window the script brings
\# up will automatically close when finished

\# KillAll Terminal
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Message was edited by: redbergy

Message was edited by: redbergy