macOS Sierra always prompts for credentials for network drives

i meant not a painful fix

Same Problem here with DS213+ and 216 😐

if/when Apple fixes this - i would also ask that they fix the issue within login items, where i check to make an app hidden during startup.

because when i add the shares to login items, after they mount at login - finder windows showing the contents of the shares appear on the desktop.

in this way, i can finally stop using a 3rd party app to automount my shares when i login to macOS.

Just asked Apple Support about this exact issue. Heres what I was told.

I'm experiencing the same issue across 5 Macs on Sierra

I know there’s a lot of new backend security features that have been added in macOS Sierra. So I understand you properly, you have shared computers on your network. Previously you could access said devices without having to input any information. Now, when you try it, it prompts for login information. Is that correct?

Yes, even when I have saved credentials

Thought so! That is actually working as intended, Thomas. I would recommend providing some feedback per http://www.apple.com/feedback/(Opens in new window)(Opens in new window)(Opens in new window)

Really? Thats really backwards

I’m double checking right now, but I do believe that’s the case. Just a moment. 🙂

Yeah, I think that’s going to be standard functionality now. I do not see any options on enabling the auto connect without the credentials being requested. I’d say our best bet right now is to push some feedback to our engineers and let hem know it’s a feature much requested to return.

Looks like its here to stay guys 😢

I cannot believe this is going to be the default behavior moving forward. If so, this is a serious concern.

Observing it in Finder, it sits on "connecting..." for a long period before it jumps to "not connected", I'm almost thinking its a problem to do with Keychain for the reason that I'm having issues with Remote Desktop and Server all having issues with saved credentials.

Has anyone else noticed this?

i second you on this ....

it is a concern, not just a nuance. because those ppl (like me) who use any NAS to store data which is accessed by apple applictions such as itunes, etc. will have issues frequently.

i noticed that my itunes re-instated the media folder location where my library data is - probably because the NAS was not available (do to this mounting issue) when itunes was opened.

i am really disliking Sierra because of this and i did take an image snapshot of my system with Clonezilla a few days prior to upgrading to Sierra.

if apple does not fix this soon, i'm going back to the image i took (el capitan), where this problem does not exist.

i've decided to revert back to el capitan state and everything is running fine now.

if its one thing i learned over the years that benefits the most is to take advantage of good disk imaging software for situations like this.

I've noticed this too. I have 3 Macs (and a few Windows PCs) in the house all running backups to a NAS as a secondary backup option to TimeMachine. My NAS backup runs (or used to) continuously, whereas TimeMachine is only when an external drive is connected. This change has for now at least reduced the reliability of the backup arrangements for the Macs (2 of which are now on Sierra). I know I can buy a Time Capsule and achieve the same thing, but that doesn't help with other non-Mac PCs. If this isn't fixed, I'll need to remove the access restrictions on the shared folder - this doesn't seem like a step forward in security...

ChrisJenkins wrote:

2. SMB shares hosted on a Synology NAS mounted via Finder/Applescript 'mount' do not mount correctly. They *always* mount as '/Volumes/sharename-1' instead of '/Volumes/sharename' and there is a bogus '/Volumes/sharename' mountpoint created but not used (which then has to be cleaned up manually).

Could you please tell me how to manually clean up the fake mountpoints?

Thanks in advance.

Thaks a lot. I will try tonight.