Mac Client Does Not Allow Auto Reconnect at Startup

• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

The Automatic Reconnect At Startup option in the Macintosh Chooser Connect dialog box is unavailable when you make a network connection from your Macintosh computer to a Windows NT Advanced Server with Services for Macintosh (SFM) using the Microsoft User Authentication Module (UAM).

CAUSE

This behavior is a limitation of the Macintosh Finder. All non-Apple UAM's cannot reconnect at startup, including those from Novell, DEC, Banyan, and Microsoft.

NOTE: The Finder is a Macintosh application that allows access to documents and other applications. The Finder uses icons to represent objects on a disk or volume.

WORKAROUND

To make the volume automatically reconnect when you restart your computer, connect to the volume from the Chooser and create an alias for the volume.

NOTE: You must enable the following for this to work correctly:

• Through File Manager, MacFile, you must select "Guests Can Use this Volume." This disables security on your volume so that anyone can access the Mac volume.