Mount a Network Directory under Mac OS X

1. in the Finder, open the "Go" menu
   • select "Connect to Server..."
   • alternatively press and hold the "command" ("Apple") key while pressing "k"
2. enter the network address you want to mount
   • e.g. "smb://itsmb/username" for your non-ugrad home directory ("smb://ugitsmb/username" for ugrad, "smb://itsmb/mac" for the Mac software repository)
   • optionally press the "+" button to add that directory to your favourites
3. click the "connect" button
   • if asked for your credentials:
     • supply your username and password, and the workgroup "IT" for non-ugrad, "UGIT" for ugrad
       • optionally click "add to keychain" to store the connection details permanently
     • click "OK"

If you are running Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", for the procedure described above to work with our servers plain password authentication must be enabled.

If the file /etc/nsmb.conf does not exist on your system, do the following:

1. open the "Terminal" application (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
2. in the Terminal window, type:

   sudo bash 
   cat > /etc/nsmb.conf << EOF 
   [ITSMB] 
   minauth=none 
   [UGITSMB] 
   minauth=none 
   EOF 
   exit 

3. if you are asked to provide your password, do so.

1. open the "Terminal" application (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
2. in the Terminal window, type:

   sudo bash 
   cat > /etc/nsmb.conf << EOF 
   [global] 
   minauth=none 
   EOF 
   exit 

3. if you are asked to provide your password, do so.

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