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06.26.2008 at 10:21AM PDT, ID: 23519047
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OS X 10.4 - Need shares on Windows Server 2003 to mount on Mac each log-on (and remain persistant)

Asked by mojopojo in Mac OS X, Windows 2003 Server, Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)

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We are working on a hybrid network of 60 Mac OS X clients (mostly 10.4 but some 10.5)  and 25 Win XP Pro machines. All users share data on the Win Server 2003 box and a NAS that is connected to a older XServe.

The issue is: we can manually mount the shares on the Macs (Finder > GO > Connect to Server) but they are not permanent (In Windows XP Pro - Map Drive > Reconect at logon and you are done). They tend to "disapear" from the Mac client after a time or when the user closes a session.

How can we mount the needed shares to the Windows Server on the Mac OS X machines so that they persist while the machine is up and also have them automatically re-mount every time the machine is re-booted and/or when the user logs back on?

This is a mission critical mandate.

Can we get these shares to mount using Mac's "Automator" or an AppleScript?Start Free Trial
[+][-]06.26.2008 at 11:21AM PDT, ID: 21877538

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Zones: Mac OS X, Windows 2003 Server, Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)
Tags: Apple, OS X, 10.4, Mount Windows Server shares
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[+][-]06.26.2008 at 11:53AM PDT, ID: 21877879

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