Mac OS X 10.2: "Volumes" Window Opens After Using "Connect to Server" Command in Finder

After connecting to a server, the contents of your computer's Volumes folder may unexpectedly appear in the Finder.
Symptom

A Volumes folder opens in the Finder after you connect to any remote volume.

Note: The folder displays the contents of the directory /Volumes/ on your computer, not that of the remote computer. The directory /Volumes/ is normally invisible in the Finder.


Solution

Update to Mac OS X 10.2.4 or later. See technical document 106704, "Mac OS X: How to Update Your Software".

Additional information

The Volumes folder appears whenever the URL for the server contains a trailing solidus (forward slash), such as in these two examples:

On affected versions of Mac OS X, you may avoid this issue by omitting the trailing solidus, such as:

In addition to URLs that you manually enter, computer names that appear automatically via Rendezvous, AppleTalk, or SLP may be affected when the discovery protocol publishes a URL that includes the trailing solidus.
Published Date: Feb 17, 2012