MAC OSX 10.5.2 Auto Map Network Drive

[Macario]

I have my MAC computer which is connected to Windows Server 2003 setup with Active Directory login. I would like to map to some shared drives on AD via user login but the user should not be asked for the password to access this drive. How could this be done on MAC OS X 10.5.2?

[Amie]

Open a notepad file, and save it as bat script. Put it in a startup folder at C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. You can also do it in a better way by right-clicking on the account for which you want to modify it and select 'Properties'. Go to the 'Profile' tab and select 'Connect:'.

[Big Fish]

Its quiet simple to do this with the help of AppleScript. It would be something like this: mount volume "smb://server/share". This takes care of the user profile and so no one else will have access to those shares if he is not in the list. This works even in MAC OS X 10.5.2.

[Shen]

 set user_name to last word of (path to current user folder as text)
 tell application "Finder"
    try
       mount volume "smb://" & user_name & "@server/" & user_name & ""
    end try
 end tell

This is the script which achieves your goal.

[Snake08]

Auto mount will not work directly. You have to first go to Accounts - "log in items" and then you would be able to add any server to it. I hope you know how to make a new script or you can even refer to the above script for better understanding. Create it in Finder.

[Macario]

Ok I will try these solutions and see how it goes. However, looking at Snake's reply: don't you think doing this for all the users in the network remotely would be time consuming. And I have also tried a similar script as given here today morning but then the accounts window got frozen. Do you think this script will not create a similar issue to me?

[Connect_Me]

I don't know if this is what you want but add the below lines into a script and run it to map your network drive:

tell application "Finder"
mount volume "afp://10.0.1.1/network_drive_name" as user name "admin" with password "admin"
end tell

Before running this script, make sure you change the IP address with your server IP and also change the drive name, user name and password.

[Spyrus]

Don't go for any kind of scripting where its on Applescript or anyone else. Instead go to Preferences - Accounts - Log in Items and simply add an icon for your network drive. Save this and you should be able to find your network drive every time you log in to Mac OS X.