Is it possible to trigger NASMount to mount a NAS when that NAS starts up?

[TW8]

I have been trying to mount my NAS via NASmount simply by switching the NAS on. I know it's a bit lazy.

I have worked out that I can mount my NAS from anywhere on my local network by going to the URL:
http://{Foxsat-IP}/plugin/NASMount/cgi-bin/DoSingleReMount.jim?MountNo=8'
and it will mount provided I am logged in. MountNo 8 holds the details of the NAS. It was 32 before I messed up DoSingleReMount.jim and had to do a re-install.

To automate the login process I have tried using PHP cURL to log in :
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
then :
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
It failed! Then :
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'username='.$username.'&password='.$password);
but I'm getting a 401.

I have no idea about webif auth. I see no evidence of stored cookies, so what am I missing? Session ID?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Black Hole]

In HDR-FOXland we have a package called network-shares-automount. Perhaps you could analyse how that does it.

 

[TW8]

Thanks @Black Hole. I will search your links and have a read.

 

[Black Hole]

What you actually need to do is download the package and look at the code. I haven't looked into it, but I expect it is coded in Jim and therefore readable. The repo is HERE. The discussion thread is HERE, but I don't think it will be much help (except perhaps for an explanation of what it does, rather than how it does it).

For what it's worth, I have indexed discussion relevant to individual HDR-FOX and HD-FOX packages HERE.