[Mr_Dennis]

Believe it or not, it was a matter of trial and error. I’m happy I could help you out.

One last final thing. If you wanted to hide a SMB share point you’ll need a different URL E.g. “smb://ipaddress/Data/; ;”. i.e. a slash followed by a semicolon, a space and then another semicolon.

Dennis

[Mr_Dennis]

I think I’ve found a suitable workaround solution!!! 😀

However, this only appears to work with login items, not group share points. You’ll need to modify the URL so it reads “afp://ipaddress/Data/ .” You basically need to put a slash after the share point name, then a space character followed by a full stop (period).

This worked for me. Let me know how you got on…

Dennis

[Mr_Dennis]

Basically I don’t have a solution for how to mount a share point without a space in the name. However if you add a space to the share point’s name, you should be able to have it mount as a hidden volume. So in your instance, if you rename your “Data” share point to “Date 1” it should work.

In my case, I’m putting the share point in as a login item and when the share point has a space in it, Workgroup Manager will automatically put a %20 to substitute the space character. I then need to remove the %20 and replace it with a space. This is only required if it’s a login item. So if I was to add your renamed share point as a login item, it would appear in Workgroup Manager as “afp://ipaddress/Data%201” and I’ll then need to remove the %20 so it’ll look like “afp://ipaddress/Data 1”.

Even though I’m adding my share point as a login item, I still get the same results as a group share point i.e. if the share point has a space in the name it will mount as a hidden volume. The only difference is you do not need to remove the %20 from the URL when it’s a group share point.

Dennis

[Mr_Dennis]

I’ve posted this reply on another post but I think they are related….

I too am experiencing this issue. I did notice one unusual thing. If the share point has a space in the name e.g. “File Server” as long as you remove the “%20” from the login item URL, the share point will mount as a hidden volume. Well that’s what I’m experiencing and have been able to replicate. I’d be curious if you experience the same result.

It appears the NetAuthAgent is responsible for AFP & SMB requests, and as a result it is prompting the user to login again. If you issue a ‘killall NetAuthAgent’ from the terminal, it will kill this process along with the login dialog box. Not really a solution but hopefully this information will help in diagnosing this issue.

Dennis

[Mr_Dennis]

I too am experiencing this issue. I did notice one unusual thing. If the share point has a space in the name e.g. “File Server” as long as you remove the “%20” from the login item URL, the share point will mount as a hidden volume. Well that’s what I’m experiencing and have been able to replicate. I’d be curious if you experience the same result.

Dennis

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