[olug] Re: OES & OS X

[Craig Wolf]

I will have to try again when I have a test server up.  I had to blow
away my test OES server/tree to test some Window$ only software.  I will
save your info to try once I re-setup that server.  I will have to see
what I can do to attain this.  If it is a script to attach/connect to an
OES server then so be it.  I got so frustrated that I moved on to other
projects that were of higher importance right now.  I will be
re-evaluating this in the next couple of months...Thanx for your
reply!!!

Craig Wolf
Linux Web Server Support
Desktop/Network Specialist
402-894-6283


>>> William Haisch <whaisch3 at cox.net> 7/13/2005 >>>
On Jul 10, 2005, at 10:27 PM, olug-request at olug.org wrote:
> Since you brought it up...I have tried OES on linux and cannot for
the
> life of me find out how to get Apple connectivity to it.

Do you want to integrate the OS X workstations with an LDAPv3, Active 
Directory, or Open Directory server?
Open the "Directory Access" application inside of 
/Applications/Utilities folder.
There is where all the magic happens for directory binding.  You can 
even add the workstation to a Windows Workgroup.

Did they tell you to try the "Connect to Server..." from the "Go" menu

in the Finder?
The quick shortcut key combo is Apple-K (Command-K for the keyboard 
police).
Type "afp://servername.domain.com" to connect using Apple File Protocol

over TCP/IP.  This is the default if not specified.
Type "smb://servername.domain.com" to connect using SAMBA/Windows file

sharing protocol.
Type "ftp://servername.domain.com" to connect using good ole' FTP.  (I

don't recommend FTP, it crashes or locks up often.  I use CyberDuck for

FTP and Fugu for SFTP/SCP.  Both are free.)

I don't like kids and teachers poking around the Go menu so I made a 
small AppleScript to do the heavy lifting for me.  Enter this into 
Script Editor and save as an Application (save a copy as a script if 
you want to edit it later):

tell application "Finder"
	mount volume "smb://servername.domain.com"
end tell

I then place the application into the Application folder.  Students use

a generic, no rights, local user account and then use this app to 
connect to the server for them.  They never poke around the menus.  
Thank God kids watch a lot of TV and their brains and imaginations have

rotted away!

Is this what you need or am I being too simple?

-Wm.
William Haisch
bill at whaisch.com