Attaching to a shared folder on Windows 2003 Server from a MacBook
Attaching to a shared folder on Windows 2003 Server from a MacBook
- Subject: Attaching to a shared folder on Windows 2003 Server from a MacBook
- From: John Orban <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:45:53 -0400
I can't understand why there is so little information on this
particular issue and yet there are hundreds, if not thousands of links
when one does a search on "mount a volume".
I am new to Apple even though I owned one of the original MACs, yeah,
the one with the signatures of the development team.
I have returned to the MAC after many years in the PC "business".
I am a network administrator in a small K-8 independent school where
logon scripts are pretty much routine. One of the MOST routine
functions of my login scripts is to map a shared network folder on my
Windows 2003 server to my users computers, so they can access their
network folder and network resources.
I have attempted to find a way to do this with the new cart of
MacBooks we bought recently but, so far, have found nothing definitive
on how to do it.
It seems to me, and I may be totally off base here, remember I've been
influenced by the PC world, that there should be a simple way to:
1. Take a users logon credentials (I have the MacBooks integrated
into my Active Directory),
2. Using the %username% and %password% obtained from the user logon
above
3. Go out and find the \\servername\%username% (It's a shared folder
on the network, albeit hidden) folder and either put an alias on the
desktop or mount it in the Finder
4. Oh yeah, since the user has already authenticated to the network,
he/she should NOT have to re-enter his/her password, but
5. That wouldn't be the end of the world if they had to do that
Is this NOT possible in the Apple OS? (Using the latest version of OSX
+ latest updates)
I'm beginning to believe that while an individual might be able to do
that manually, it's impossible to script it?
Is that a limitation of OSX? Applescript? Windows AD?
Seems to me such a common issue in the Windows world would have a
similar solution in the MAC world. What am I missing?
John Orban
The Country School
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