Mac Network Setup

[adamsund]

Hi all,

 

Long time reader, first time poster (I think!). I'm interested in how everyone has their Mac network setup as I'm not sure we have ours setup as efficiently as it could be. We use workgroup manager to apply dock settings, login items, proxy settings etc. On login, there is an app set to run, which is a script created by a former member of staff which maps the user's home drive on the desktop.

 

SLT have all got MacBooks and I ran into a problem where when one of them took one home, it applied the proxy settings even after turning them off. I discovered the problem was that the file created by workgroup manager was still applying even without the options ticked.

 

As a result, at the minute the MacBook's are only connected to AD and not OD, but we need to deploy apps to them soon and I was going to use Profile Manager which I presume I can't do as they're not currently connected to OD? The last problem is, as the app to map home directories is set to run at login, this gives an error when at home as it can't connect!

 

So, there must be better ways to have these setup to work, what are yours?