Macs on a Windows domain - auto mounting multiple windows shares

ssiruuk2 · 8 Feb 2008 at 18:15

I have got some Macs onto our Windows 2003 domain and using Centrify Direct Control am able to lock down the Mac OS and mount the users home directory which is all good.

Does anyone know of any scripts or any other method that can be used on OS X to make it automatically mount say 3 or 4 network shares that run on our Windows file servers (SMB) ?

I understand the usual route is just to click Go > Connect to Server and then the user enters something like smb://ServerName/ShareName/ - this isn't really any good for our environment (the users just won't want to do it! :rolleyes:

), ideally I need this to happen in the background as they login.

Thanks

feriso · 8 Feb 2008 at 18:50

Write an automater script that runs on login?

keogh · 8 Feb 2008 at 18:57

I've got a simple AppleScript that does this, I wrote an article bout it on my site, its all there: http://www.stevemckeogh.co.uk/articles/12/mountanetworkshareautomaticallyinmacosx/

ssiruuk2 · 8 Feb 2008 at 21:27

thanks very much for sharing that script. I will give it a try when i get back to work.

Can this be set to run for every user that signs into the mac? I have never worked with applescripts but thats about to change!

Thanks again

ssiruuk2 · 8 Feb 2008 at 21:47

thanks very much for sharing that script. I will give it a try when i get back to work.

Can this be set to run for every user that signs into the mac? I have never worked with applescripts but thats about to change!

Thanks again

ssiruuk2 · 8 Feb 2008 at 21:59

thanks very much for sharing that script. I will give it a try when i get back to work.

Can this be set to run for every user that signs into the mac? I have never worked with applescripts but thats about to change!

Thanks again

keogh · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:44

Of course, just drag the newly created .app into the login items for each user you want to to have access to it.

ssiruuk2 · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:51

Oops sorry for double post - so how would that work if I have a potential 1600 users that might pick up one of say 20 mac notebooks and login? Is there such a thing as an "All Users" area (like Windows) to add a script to on a Mac so it will run for any user that logs in to the mac even if they are a new user to the computer?

Thanks

keogh · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:09

Hmm not sure bout that, I've never had to do anything like that on OS X... someone else might be able to answer that though.

Sorry!

FreeStream · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:28

Try in:

Main HD --> System --> Library --> Startup Items

J1234 · 9 Feb 2008 at 12:48

ssiruuk2 said:
Oops sorry for double post - so how would that work if I have a potential 1600 users that might pick up one of say 20 mac notebooks and login? Is there such a thing as an "All Users" area (like Windows) to add a script to on a Mac so it will run for any user that logs in to the mac even if they are a new user to the computer?

Thanks

Home > Public can be accessed by all users.

ssiruuk2 · 9 Feb 2008 at 18:48

Cheers everyone I will give your suggestions a try.

Once again you have been a great help.

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