Suppress Network Drive Mount on User Login

[stutz]

We enable a user home drive to auto mount in AD when a user signs in. I was told we need to keep this enabled but as soon as the computer goes offsite it takes a few minutes to show the error message that it cannot find the network drive. I would like to fix this if possible by disabling the auto mount within the OS but still keep it enabled at the AD level. Is that possible?

[davidacland · Accepted solution]

You need to disable the "Use UNC path to derive network home location" option in Directory Utility to stop the Mac OS from trying to mount the share.

From a policy, you can send the following command: dsconfigad -useuncpath disable

If you would still like to map the network home when users login, but only on the LAN, you can use a script instead, triggered by a login policy, restricted to the LAN network segment. Heres our script that you're welcome to use:

https://github.com/amsysuk/public_scripts/blob/master/mount_SMBHome/mounthome.sh

[stutz]

Thats exactly what I needed. That script works perfectly. Many thanks!