Automatically mount an ftp drive on the finder at startup?

Is there any way to automatically mount an ftp drive on the finder at startup? I would like to use this to a centralized and controlled way for company staff to access and download files while outside the company.

thanks for the suggestion. Not sure what you mean by network volume?
Most of the time I access the ftp using Transmit. It will mount the disk to the finder, however only for the duration that the computer is running. Likewise the ftp disk can be dragged to the login items, however will not open or connect following a restart.
I have tried Automator, set up a small app in the startup items, and viola, it works like a charm. Transmit opens automatically, mounts the ftp disk and then transmit shuts down. Great.
Now is there any way that this can be set up on a LION server, so that the ftp mounts, and then can be shared for access to clients on the company's local network? Staff could then upload files that they would like to have available on mobile devices.

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Hi All,
Can anyone help!
I want to automatically mount a network drive when a network user logs in.
Client OSX10.4.9
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Network user is LDAP based (Novell eDirectory)
I currently have the following working:
An eDirectory (LDAPv3) user logs in & authenticates ok.
Mounting the network drive/share works ok MANUALY, with the following
smb://IPorDNS
user is then prompted for their password (I want this automated @ login preferably)
What I need is some help automating this smb mounting @ login time using the users ldap Username/Password. I guess this would need to be done using an Applescript of sorts, but I'm stuck as to how to take this forward..!
cifs://workgroup;Username:Password@IPorDNS/profile
The above works manually, but how do I go about swapping the Username:Password for environment variables, and then packaging this into a script/application that runs during login..???
TIA
Danny
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Hi Matt,
Yes that would work for a single user that wants the same mount everytime but not for multiple network users, as the path changes for each user...
e.g.
/networkserver/usersarea/user1
/networkserver/usersarea/user2
/networkserver/usersarea/user3
etc
I think I need something like Actioscript apps to run during the login process...
TIA
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Since I downloaded Maverick, I cannot find my External Hard Drive in the "Finder" area. I have to unplug all the time the hard drive to be recognized by my iMac. How can I fix this problem? Thank You.

Since I downloaded Maverick, I cannot find my External Hard Drive in the "Finder" area. I have to unplug all the time the hard drive to be recognized by my iMac. How can I fix this problem? Thank You.

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In Tiger, I was able to mount a SMB share in the finder and it would be displayed under the "Devices" section. With Leopard, I cant get this to work. Leopard is much easier to browse network shares on my Windows machine under the "Shared" section, but I would still like to have certain folder mounted all the time, preferably on startup.

Works perfectly for me, so let me make sure we're on the same page.
I mount the volume manually, using Connect to Server.
I drag the volume, now appearing in Computer and on the Desktop, to the Devices section of the Sidebar.
I eject the volume, and it disappears from the Sidebar.
I mount the volume again (it could be by browsing for it, through Connect to Server, or through an Automount Maker document)
It appears, without my having to do anything, in the Sidebar.
As far as I can tell, this is what you were aiming for. Am I missing something?

Time Machine won't mount Firewire 800 drive after restart / Finder crashes

I've been having problems with Finder crashes. I first suspected Spotlight might be the problem because sometimes when I started typing a search, it would display the first 3 characters and then lock up. I could force quit the Finder, but it wouldn't relaunch and required the computer to be shutdown and restarted with the power button. Once restarted, I had no keyboard and no mouse click (the mouse would move across the screen but I could not click on anything). After waiting several minutes (3-5) the mouse and keyboard worked properly.
After some research suggested the Spotlight index might be corrupt, I forced Spotlight to rebuild the index (add the drive to the exclude list under "Privacy" and then remove it from the list) and then repaired disk permissions. After that Spotlight was noticeably snappier and I thought my Finder crashes had been solved until........
Part 2: I have been using Time Machine (connected to a Fantom GreenDrive via Firewire 800) for several months now and ever since the beginning, I have noticed that the drive will NOT mount after a restart. I must turn the drive off and back on again to get it to mount. After that Time Machine picks it up and seems to work fine.....well, that is until this Finder crashing thing started several weeks ago. Anyway, I inadvertently set up an experiment last weekend when I installed some software update and forgot to remount the Time Machine drive after the restart. That was last Sunday night. The computer did not crash all week long. I thought my Spotlight fix had finally solved my problems, but now it seems I was wrong. This morning (Saturday, six days later), I noticed my Time Machine drive was not mounted. I mounted it, told Time Machine to "Back Up Now" and went away for a few hours. When I came back the Finder was locked up.
So guess my question is this: Are there any know problems with using Firewire 800 with Time Machine? and What can I do to fix this? In the meantime I'm trying another experiment - I've disconnect the Firewire 800 connection and replaced it with USB.

shaneeudy wrote:
So guess my question is this: Are there any know problems with using Firewire 800 with Time Machine?
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Not in general. Some drives don't always wake or "spin up" fast enough; often that's seen when the system wakes from sleep, though, not so much after a system Restart. Many Western Digitals do that; I don't recall seeing any posts here about yours, but you might want to search the forums for Fantom
In the meantime I'm trying another experiment - I've disconnect the Firewire 800 connection and replaced it with USB.
Good plan - that may provide a clue.
Also, check with the maker -- there may be a firmware or driver update.
And try verifying your internal HD, and repairing your backups, per #A5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum). Either might cause that.

Mounted local NFS drives take down Finder after move out of network

Hello,
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However, if I try and unmount them from the finder or try and access those drives, the is Finder done for, and all computer functions for that matter, like volume, brightness.
I have left it that way for up a half-hour before hard re-starting.
I know I should unmount the drives before I take the computer with me, but honestly, I will continue to forget.
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Chuck
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Hello,
This is a basic scenario that happens to me often. At home, I mount several NFS drives from my linux server. They work fine. If i close my MBP, don't shutdown, and take it with me to a new location outside of my local network, I still see my NFS drives mounted. After a while, I will get a prompt saying that those drives are no longer available, or some such language.
However, if I try and unmount them from the finder or try and access those drives, the is Finder done for, and all computer functions for that matter, like volume, brightness.
I have left it that way for up a half-hour before hard re-starting.
I know I should unmount the drives before I take the computer with me, but honestly, I will continue to forget.
Is there a way to avoid this, like setting a timeout of a 1 minute or so, if the drive is not available?
Thanks for your time,
Chuck
MBP Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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apple script:
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Keep the quotation marks in the above.
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df
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(I must be an idiot becuase I can't find where to upload this file)
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Set Value of Variable
Variable: new variable... (I called it Battery Life)
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When transferring volumes to a new drive, is a cloning app better than the finder?

When transferring volumes to a new drive, is a cloning app better than the finder?
I’m adding a new (bigger) external hard drive. I have created five partions on it as the old drive has. Is it, better, faster, more accurate, etc. to use an app, or just drag and drop the folders on to the new partitions. The sofware I have are; TechTool6, Drive Genius3 & SuperDuper. Two of the partitons have a Mac OS on them. The others just have files.
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Larry

If the drive is to be functional as a boot drive then cloning is the better approach as it will grab all hidden configuration files and preserve the file access permissions properly; however, if you are setting up a data drive then the Finder's copy options should be adequate. To ensure file permissions are properly attributed to the copied files, select them and press Command-C to copy, followed by Shift-Option-Command-V to paste the items in the new location and preserve their file attributes (you may need to authenticate when copying them in this manner). If you do not need to preserve permissions then a basic drag-and-drop copy should suffice.

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In 10.4, when connecting to another computer on my network, I was able to connect to any disk drive that was connected to any computer on my network. With 10.5, it seems I cannot do that. All I seem to be able to connect to is the home account (in my case, frankmlinar). Did something change or is there a setting I do not know about?
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It sounds like you are logged in as Guest (which only has access to each users home directory and drop box). If your navigating to the server via Shared in the sidebar, it should say the name of the user you are logged into that server as. It defaults to Guest. If it is Guest, click the Connect As button and log in as the desired user. You should then be able to see the share points (hard drives etc) you expected.
{quote:title=frankmlinar wrote:}My definition of persistent for use below is: When logged on as a registered user, the computer remains logged on and does not revert to Guest when clicking on various computers or drives in the finder and then returning to the logged on computer in the finder.{quote}
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Step 1) Click on the server in the sidebar. It automatically, by default, logs you in as Guest.
Step 2) Click on the Connect As button and an Authentication dialog will appear. Login as another user (say Bob).
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Step 3) Click on the "Desktop" entry in the sidebar
Step 4) Click on the same server as in Step 1 in the sidebar
Expected results: It will log you in as Bob.
Actual results: It will log you in as Guest.
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No. In the Go >Connect to Server dialog they show as:
smb://fs.domain.edu/~directory/folder1
smb://fs.domain.edu/~directory/folder2
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smb://fs.domain.edu/~directory2/folder1
smb://fs.domain.edu/~directory2/folder2
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[solved] automatically mount crypted partitions

Hey!
I have an encrypted partition on my extern esata drive. I'd like it is automatically mount it on plugging in the drive.
For that I have found an tutorial (unfortunately in German) about how to do it with udev:
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But I'm using systemd, so this do not work this way.
Can anybody explain me, how it will be done with systemd? I have to write a systemd unit file, haven't I?
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Last edited by smohr (2012-07-27 12:44:23)

I have solved it. Thank you Mr.Elendig!
For running more than one command in your udev rules, it is necessary to execute them in a bash script and connect them with &&.

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