Mount SMB share?

[mvalpreda]

Looking for the most reliable way to push SMB shares through Jamf Pro. I see a lot of old threads, scripting, 47 different approaches, etc. Never felt like I really saw a definitive answer.

I have ~100 AD-joined Macs on Jamf Pro (cloud hosted). We're moving 10 shares from our current Windows-based file shares to a Linux-based NAS that uses AD for authentication. Currently users just go to Finder and connect to server (Command + K), but really want to automate connections to shares and any updates we have in the future.

Appreciate any input on a nice and reliable way to do this!

[CSCC-JS]

Also very interested in this thread.

[mark_mahabir]

We've used a variety of solutions in the past but in recent years have settled on the built-in functionality of NoMAD, which seems to be pretty robust.

[lehose]

Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm also struggling find a good method that won't prompt for credentials.

[jcarr]

Why not just use a profile to add an item to the Dock?

You can even use variables for the username etc.  If the device is bound, the user will already have a TGT (verify using klist) from AD.  If the device is not bound, you could use the Kerberos Single Sign-on Extension to get the user a TGT from AD.

[lehose]

Thanks for the response.  I'll look into that.  

My last attempt was with creation of an app using Apple Automator to mount the drives.  This worked for me when I was logged into the machine, but it's not a valid solution for our pc imaging team.  I've been trying the following from the enterprise connect documentation

#!/bin/bash

userName=$(stat -f %Su /dev/console)
adRealm=pretendco.com
passwordReminder=30

# Add pretendco.com domain

sudo -u $userName -H defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect adRealm
-string "$adRealm"

# Notify the user 30 days before password expiration

sudo -u $userName -H defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect
passwordNotificationDays -int "$passwordReminder"

# Populate Enterprise Connect share

sudo -u $userName -H /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "add :shares array" ~/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist

sudo -u $userName -H /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "add :shares:dict:path string smb://
server.pretendco.com/Users/$userName" /Users/$userName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist

The commands complete without error, but it doesn't look like the plist was created.

[CSCC-JS]

@jcarr That works, however, the shortcut ends up being a "?".

Tried using "smb" and "cifs".

[SmilieK]

If using the SSO Plugin take a look at Section 5 of this guide for how to have Drives "Auto-Mount" when connected to the network. https://hcsonline.com/images/PDFs/Jamf_Kerberos.pdf