Specifications
Automatically Mounting Share Points for Clients
You can mount share points automatically on client Mac OS X computers using
network mounts. You can automatically mount AFP or NFS share points.
When you set a share point to automatically mount, a mount record is created in the
Open Directory domain. Be sure you create these records in the same shared domain
where the user and computer records exist.
Note: All users have guest access to network automounted AFP share points.
Authenticated access is permitted only for a user’s own home folder or if you have
Kerberos set to support single sign-on (SSO) authentication.
To set up a network mount:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click File Sharing.
3 Click Share Points and select the share point from the list.
4 Click Share Point below the list.
5 Select the Enable Automount checkbox.
This opens a conguration window for the automount.
6 From the Directory pop-up menu, choose the directory domain that contains your
users and computers.
7 From the Protocol pop-up menu, choose the sharing protocol (AFP or NFS).
If you choose AFP, guest access must be enabled for automounted AFP share points
to work, except when all users have access to their home folders using Kerberos SSO
authentication. For more information, see “Conguring AFP Service Access Settings” on
page 71.
8 Choose how you want the share point to be used and mounted on client computers:
 User home folders and group folders: Select to have the home folders and group
folders on the share point listed on a user’s computer in /Network/Servers/.
 Shared Applications folder: Select to have the share point appear in /Network/
Applications/ on the user’s computer.
 Shared Library folder: Select to have the share point appear in /Network/Library/.
This creates a network library.
 Custom mount path: Select to have the share point appear in the folder you specify.
Before you mount the share point, be sure this folder exists on the client computer.
9 Click OK.
10 Authenticate when prompted.
11 Click Save.
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