Remote home directories

[Bart Silverstrim]

I had a couple responses to my question...maybe they were off-list...so
I thought I would take this one step at a time (and this list posting
should also get to the people that were trying to help me, I thought
this was the fastest way to reach them again as well...thank you to
those that are trying to help me! I appreciate it!)

So, question one, is there a way to have 10.5.6 mount a Windows home
directory to a consistent, known location, so users can save projects or
back information up to a server such that it is easy to navigate to in
file dialogs, from the system (like a desktop mount), etc...

Right now the home directory, defined in Active Directory, will show up
in the Dock but not in other places.

I'm trying to make the experience more uniform and consistent for them,
as well as quicker since the users have limited time to do things with
the Macs.

Maybe a simple sample script that mounts the server share off a
directory like /Volumes ... how would that handle passwords, though...?
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[Michael Alatorre]

>So, question one, is there a way to have 10.5.6 mount a Windows home
>directory to a consistent, known location, so users can save projects
or
>back information up to a server such that it is easy to navigate to in
>file dialogs, from the system (like a desktop mount), etc...

It should automatically mount the share hosting their home folder, if:
 1. that attribute is filled in for the user's AD profile
 2. you've enabled the 'Use UNC path from Active Directory to derive
network home location'
    (using SMB as the net protocol if it's a Windows server)

note: you can also have the share show up on the desktop by enabling
that in the Finder Preferences under General

>Right now the home directory, defined in Active Directory, will show up

>in the Dock but not in other places.

Look at the sidebar, under SHARED (right below DEVICES and above
PLACES). The mounted share should be there if the above has been met.
Save dialogs should also be able to see the sidebar, and the SHARED
space (if it hasn't been turned off in the Finder Preferences under
Advanced).

>Maybe a simple sample script that mounts the server share off a
>directory like /Volumes ... how would that handle passwords, though...?

The share should be there after enabling the above. What happens when
you click that user folder in the Dock?

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Michael Alatorre
Cedars-Sinai Health System


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