We are setting up a lab of new Macintosh computers (OSX 10.5.4) that need to connect to our SME Server 7.3 linux domain controller. Since this is a lab rather than a single-user office, we will have any number of people signing on and using the computers, each needing access to their own drives, etc. On a PC we can join the domain, then the user gets a signon screen, enters their username and password, and receives automatic access to all their network drives (a logon script helps assigns drive letters).
How can we do the equivalent with the Macintosh's, or what is the best way to set one up in a lab situation so a person can enter their username and password and get access to their stuff without having to hunt around for their network drives, make shortcuts, not have other people's shortcuts littering the desktop, etc.? What kind of authentication, in terms a Macintosh would use, does SME Server support? I'm assuming it doesn't support Active Directory, is it using LDAP, or something else?
How can we do the equivalent with the Macintosh's, or what is the best way to set one up in a lab situation so a person can enter their username and password and get access to their stuff without having to hunt around for their network drives, make shortcuts, not have other people's shortcuts littering the desktop, etc.? What kind of authentication, in terms a Macintosh would use, does SME Server support? I'm assuming it doesn't support Active Directory, is it using LDAP, or something else?
