AFP auto mount on ReadyNAS startup (OSX 10.5.5)

[BeatCrazy]

Interesting. What network settings in OS X would I need to check into?

Yes, AFP is turned on in the NAS. My screen looks exactly like yours above, except I also have a box to Advertise AFP service over AppleTalk. I checked that too, makes no difference.

I can access the files on the share just fine. But obviously I need to do additional steps!

[KillerBob]

Hi,

Check out the forum discussion I haf a few years ago, dealing with exactly this topic:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/14 ... 0&tstart=0

KB

[BeatCrazy]

Hi,

Check out the forum discussion I haf a few years ago, dealing with exactly this topic:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/14 ... 0&tstart=0

KB

Reading that thread, it appears your solution was to tell the NV+ to advertise AFB over Bonjour, which is what I've done. That still doesn't allow OS X to see the data in the Get info.

[sphardy]

The lack of share info is due to the way you are selecting the share

You appear to have selected your NAS in the Finder sidebar and then the share that appears in the right pane - that will not show the requested info as Finder considers the share unmounted.

Instead you need to select the mounted share itself from the finder sidebar and then do "Get Info". Alternatively double click on the share and when the shares files/folders are shown in the right finder pane, but without selecting any file/folder, do a "Get Info"

Here I reproduce the issue as confirmation:



Back to your original issue - there are reports of problems with Lion mounting AFP shares via the command line (not just for ReadyNAS users and not all users are affected - Google around for confirmation)

That said, the correct command is:

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mount -t afp <source> <destination>

For example:

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mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup

I confirmed the above does work for me, though note my NAS is still running 4.2.17

[BeatCrazy]

sphardy, thank you! I will try this later today.

For the command:

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mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup

Does my NAS name need to be designated as:

afp://nas-01-XX-XX/share
or
afp://192.168.1.XXX/share
?

[sphardy]

It can be any name recognised by your mac - but the options will depend on different factors and what name services are available on your network

For purely Mac users:

IP address is safest, then "mynas.local" or "mynas (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local" (change 'mynas' to the name of your own NAS)

typo corrected

[BeatCrazy]

I use fixed LAN IP for the ReadyNAS, I may try it with IP, first.

EDIT: I need to remember to add the .local!

afp://192.168.1.XXX.local/share

[BeatCrazy]

Instead you need to select the mounted share itself from the finder sidebar and then do "Get Info". Alternatively double click on the share and when the shares files/folders are shown in the right finder pane, but without selecting any file/folder, do a "Get Info"

I tried all the steps you described, still not getting any info from "Get Info".

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mount -t afp afp://mynas.local/backup /mnt/backup

I confirmed the above does work for me, though note my NAS is still running 4.2.17

Oh for two!

I tried each way (making sure to include the .local) with both IP, and NAS name, and only get:

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mount: realpath /mnt: No such file or directory

This is really frustrating, because I can absolutely manually mount the share, and it shows as (AFP) in Finder.

And I did do a sudo mkdir /Share before I tried these.

[BeatCrazy]

Actually, I did get the Get Info to work!

That helped me find the right path to do the mount, but it still doesn't work!

Here's what I'm trying:

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mount -t afp afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share /mnt/Share

and I get:

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-bash: syntax error near unexpected token '('

EDIT: I tried something else....Does this mean success?

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usage: mount [-dfruvw] [-o options] [-t external_type] special node
       mount [-adfruvw] [-t external_type]
       mount [-dfruvw] special | node

[sphardy]

Sorry - typo in one of the hostnames in my last post.

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mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share" /mnt/Share

Presuming /mnt/Share exists

Also can I recommend that you take a little time to try to understand the commands you are entering. Your last posts seem to indicate you are just trying different combinations in the hope you stumble on the right one

[BeatCrazy]

Sorry - typo in one of the hostnames in my last post.

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mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Share" /mnt/Share

Presuming /mnt/Share exists

Also can I recommend that you take a little time to try to understand the commands you are entering. Your last posts seem to indicate you are just trying different combinations in the hope you stumble on the right one

Well, it's been 20 years since I last took a programing class, and it wasn't Unix!

Still no success, I'm close to giving up.

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mkdir: /Music: File exists
mini2011:~ Mini2011$ mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Music" /mnt/Music
mount: realpath /mnt: No such file or directory

[sphardy]

As the error states there is no path /mnt - and your other commands seem to be creating folders in the root of your OSX filesystem eg /Music rather than as /mnt/Music or wherever you want to mount your shares

Are you familiar with creating a folder structure with subfolders?

The command I gave you was an *example* that must be adapted to your setup which is unique to you (and why I suggested you learn more to understand the command rather than continuing as you are)

In that last example I mounted the nas share so that it appears as the folder /mnt/Share on your mac, as stated "presuming that /mnt/Share already exists"

So create the mount point ( ie folder) where you want the share to appear and then adapt the mount command based on the syntax:

mount -t afp source destination

Where source is the nas share (beginning afp://) and destination is the folder on your mac where you want the share to appear. Eg /Music or /mnt/Music or wherever makes sense for you

[BeatCrazy]

Thank you again sphardy, for your responses.

Yes, I do understand the logic behind what I'm trying to do. I actually have done this type of thing, in the past, even if I muddle through it.

For "presuming that /mnt/Share already exists", I thought I made that Share path via "mkdir /Share", in my case "mkdir /Music". Is that not correct?

I am starting to think my understanding of creating a share vs. creating a directory path (folder) in the Mac OS are two different things?

I still think this syntax should work:

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mount -t afp "afp://nas-XX-XX-XX (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Music" /mnt/Music

Replacing XX with my appropriate letters/numbers. I don't presume I should be replacing the ._afpovertcp._tcp.local with anything?

[sphardy]

First let''s clarify terms - just to be sure we're both using them consistently

A "share" - in this instance - refers exclusively to your NAS and is defined as a network accessible folder on the NAS which you control the contents of and access rights to.

A "mount point" is a folder on your Mac which, once the share is mounted by the Mac, is where you see the contents of the NAS share

So if we assume you are trying to, for example, mount a share called "music" such that it is mounted at the mount point "/mnt/music" (ie "music" being a subfolder of folder "mnt", which is in the root of your OSX filesystem)

Create parent folder of mount point /mnt:

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mkdir /mnt

Create mount point:

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mkdir /mnt/music

or

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cd /mnt
mkdir music

Mount share:

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mount -t afp "afp://nas-xx-xx-xx (AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/music" /mnt/music

Notes:

- the above is exactly what finder does when you mount a share via the finder GUI - but it uses the parent folder /Volumes instead of /mnt
- parent folder /mnt was only an example - you can use virtually any name, or even none - it's up to you. Your key error has been not creating the mount point correctly (
- the share name abov must be in quotes because of the space character in the name (between nas-xx-xx-xx and (AFP) ), else you get an error as previously reported

[BeatCrazy]

Thank you for taking the time to explain that. I was not using the terms consistently, and now have a better understanding of each.

My error was in never creating the /mnt parent folder mount point. For some reason, I assumed that already existed, as part of the OS.

I think I can get this to work now. I appreciate your examples above.

Should I remove the /Music parent that I created by mistake?