Keep-It-Up Automounter

Keep-It-Up Classic

Automounter

Keep-It-Up can mount Appleshare (AS) volumes automatically at startup without the need to enter passwords. Keep-It-Up will also attempt to remount the volumes at regular intervals should the Mac become disconnected from the AS server. KIU will also send e-mail notifications to keep you informed of successful or failed mount attempts.

To enable the KIU Automounter, follow these steps:

download and install Okey Dokey Pro (see KIU FAQ ). If your Mac gets disconnected from an Applehare server, a dialog box will pop up and block all applications, so you really need Okey Dokey to automatically dismiss this dialog box.
mount all required AS volumes on your desktop
launch KIU and select Appleshare -> Record Volumes
for each AS volume, KIU will now ask you to enter the related password. Beware: at this stage, KIU does not verify that the password is correct.
remove all the AS volumes from the desktop and select Appleshare->Mount Volumes to test that all volumes mount correctly. Check the KIU log file for any error messages.
from now on, KIU will monitor these volumes and automatically remount them when necessary. KIU will check all volumes every 5 minutes.
Choose Appleshare -> Clear Volumes to remove all volumes from the automounter list should you no longer wish to automount them.

Important notes:

if KIU attempts to remount volumes when the AS server is unreachable or down, KIU (or even your entire Mac) may become unresponsive for up to 40 seconds/volume. This does not mean that KIU has locked up. After a while, normal operations will resume. To keep this from happening too frequently, KIU will double the time between remount attempts each time it is unsuccessful in remounting a volume, (2nd attempt after 10 minutes, 3rd attempt after 20 minutes, etc...) with a maximum of 2 hours between attempts.

KIU stores the AS passwords on your harddisk in an encoded way to ensure security. However, it is not entirely impossible for somebody who gets access to your harddisk to recover these passwords. If security is a major issue for you and untrusted people have access to your Mac, you should consider not using the automounter feature.