Mounting SMB Shares from OS X
If I connect to a AFP server, all the possible shares are in a single dialogue box, where I can "Select All" if needed. This has been the common method for choosing and mounting network AFP shares in Mac OS X and even Mac OS 9 (and older).
But when I connect to a SMB server, I have to choose each desired share point ONE AT A TIME via a (lame) drop-down menu listing of the available shares. If I want to select multiple SMB shares, I have to log in a second (or third) time to mount them all. Why?
When I connect to a SMB server from a PC, I don't get the drop down menu. I see a listing of multiple shares (if available). Thus, the problem I am referring to must be a Mac OS X thing or a Samba thing. Any ideas?
Also, why can't Apple make the icons for difeerent types of share points look different?
I would love to be able to tell at a glance if a share point is a AFP
or SMB share point, ya know? Like a little Apple in the corner of the "globe" icon for AFP maybe? Remember back in OS 9 you could tell if a share was AppleTalk or TCP/IP by it's icon?
OK, RANT with me! :0)
But when I connect to a SMB server, I have to choose each desired share point ONE AT A TIME via a (lame) drop-down menu listing of the available shares. If I want to select multiple SMB shares, I have to log in a second (or third) time to mount them all. Why?
When I connect to a SMB server from a PC, I don't get the drop down menu. I see a listing of multiple shares (if available). Thus, the problem I am referring to must be a Mac OS X thing or a Samba thing. Any ideas?
Also, why can't Apple make the icons for difeerent types of share points look different?
I would love to be able to tell at a glance if a share point is a AFP
or SMB share point, ya know? Like a little Apple in the corner of the "globe" icon for AFP maybe? Remember back in OS 9 you could tell if a share was AppleTalk or TCP/IP by it's icon?
OK, RANT with me! :0)
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Why do SMB server shares mount in my OS X clients /volumes with the server's fully-qualified DNS name, rather than the share point's name(s)?
If the SMB server has *mutiple* shares, EACH share shows up in /volumes as the fully-qualified DNS name of the server with a number appeneded (i.e.; server.domain, server.domain-1,server.domain-2, etc) !
It's almost impossible to tell which SMB share point is which from the terminal! I'm pissed! I have to "ls" each one manually to figure out where I am...
Any ideas?