Mount a Windows share - with a friendly name

[psydii]

Hi,

 

I seem to recall some voodoo from the 10.5-9 era whereby one could mount a share at logon, but have its name as it appears on the desktop be friendly i.e. arbitrary text rather than the rather tech-centric systematic name of the underlying share.

 

 

e.g. actual share name might be \\serverx1.deepcuts.rmnetlm.local\Private$ but as it appears on the desktop "Work Files"

 

 

Caveat: we use a script and JAMF to connect to shared these days, because startup items etc. don't seem to work.

 

(I am not the "mac guy" any more, so JAMF is uncharted territory to me!)

[dapaulio]

Group policy drive maps has a label that you can do just that

 

Edit is this domain joined pc. Windows or Mac?

Edited July 12, 2022 by dapaulio

[psydii]

This is for Macs.

 

I am wondering whether I am thinking about Group Policy Drive Mapping, but I have a feeling there was a similar capability through Workgroup Manager for Macs and hoping that there is a modern equivalent.