Mount points under Mac OSX with multiple users

Deadline
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Hi guys,

I have a client who is running Deadline under OSX 10.7

They have deadline fire up under their admin account mounting it at \Volumes\DeadlineRepository

When the artis logs in they have to change this to \Volumes\DeadlineRepository-1

Usually the admin account should login first, if not then the admin account can’t mount the repository under the default location, it then fails to connect in the background and render while the artists continues to work in the foreground.

Is there anyway I can mount the DR under the same location for all users under OSX? Or is there a better solution for this?

Thanks

Ant

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I have been UTFS but thought I’d post as well.

I searched through the older posts and found this which edwin posted…
stress-free.co.nz/using_osxs … mote_media

I hope this works!

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The annoying thing with the automounter (autosmb for example), is it’s for one user only. It’s completely bewildering why, but when the system automounts, it makes the current user the owner of the mount and gives 700 permissions on that share (which is safer) but it’s completely impossible to change those permissions, ever. Meaning there’s really no way for any other user but the originating one to access files on that share.

I’ve seen some really crafty shops who have edited the ‘deadline.ini’ file on the fly to point to the appropriate repository mount based on user, but we totally don’t support that.

I personally would try configuring an old-school mount point using the command line mount commands. The downside is that they won’t automatically reconnect, but you’ll get better configuration options.