[MacTUG] Fileu (N-drive) userid mapping issue

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

OK I think I just did what you are wanting in 10.9 and did not have a problem. I will list what I did to ensure that I am understanding the issue:

  1.  I mounted smb://fileu.uwaterloo.ca/users$/dsmccrac
  2.  I opened an app and then opened a file on the n drive
  3.  I umnounted the n drive
  4.  I mounted just users$ (smb://fileu.uwaterloo.ca/users$/)
  5.  I opened the app and then went to open recent and successfully opened the file

I mean given that your directory is in users$ and you have permission I really do not understand why it is not working. Am I missing something?

And by the way I would not say that it is mounting the wrong folder, as users$ really is the mount point. I have been having the n drive mount for years with the mac labs and I know it is users$ that has been mounting. What I do is I have a script that when the user logs on ensures that there is an alias on the desktop pointing to their directory on users$

In fact why don’t you try that. Make and alias locally to their directory on $users and go to that to open files. I wonder if that will clear up any path issues you are having?
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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/about/people
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From: Keith Peck <kdpeck at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:kdpeck at uwaterloo.ca>>
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 9:51 AM
To: MacTUG <mactug at mailman.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:mactug at mailman.uwaterloo.ca>>
Cc: Jason Gorrie <jbgorrie at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:jbgorrie at uwaterloo.ca>>
Subject: [MacTUG] Fileu (N-drive) userid mapping issue

Hi Everyone,
I have a bit of a problem that I’m hoping someone may know a solution, or can offer suggestions to fix.

I am using Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and connecting to the following path on the server:

cifs://fileu.uwaterloo.ca/users$/kdpeck

No problems so far, I get connected when I provide my credentials.

BUT, I then add the volume into my “Login Items” so it will connect when I log in.

Following a log out then logging back in the drive mounts to the wrong folder. It mounts at the “users$” folder.

This is likely due to the fact that the entry in my Login Items has changed to no longer list “kdpeck” but the folder below it: “users$”

Ejecting the drive and then re-connecting to the server using the original path fixes the problem, but until I do that I run into problems that the paths to “Open Recent” files that are on the network drive in most applications fail.

Someone I support runs an application that they use to synchronize a local folder with their network drive on an hourly schedule. They are running OS X 10.9 but similar to me they also have to manually connect to the server following a login.

Before the holiday break (when fileu was upgraded) the Login Items mapping worked automatically without a problem.

In their case I updated the drive mapping from using “SMB” to “CIFS” but that did not fix it.

I’ve done a clean up of the drive and credentials from my keychain then a reboot and added the mappings back but I still end up with the same problem.


Keith Peck
Client Services, Information Systems and Technology
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1.
EC2 2020, (519) 888-4567 x.47770
kdpeck at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:kdpeck at uwaterloo.ca>
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