Automatic home folders on mac

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Equinox1 wrote:

The use-case is almost trivial:

 

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Yes, but as you describe it, it's clear that it can't be automated at boot time.  It needs to happen when the user logs in.  

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Equinox1 wrote:

 

Dad :-) would like to configure it at system level using a single line in the control panel for mounting shares, instead of having to do it for everyone of the 5 profile on the mac....

 

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I'm not a Mac user, so I can't help you there.  

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Equinox1 wrote:

Another note: how can use local and ReadyCloud users? Do I need to use 2 home folders? The local user cannot share home folder with cloud one?

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Unfortunately, Netgear provides no way to unify local and ReadyCloud user accounts.  That's a huge mistake on their part.. So even though you are the same person, you end up with two accounts, with two home folders - and no way to bridge the gap between them.

That's another reason to disable the home folder feature, and use normal network shares instead.  You can restrict access to the network shares if you like (so both the local and readycloud user pair have access, but others don't). That comes close to matching the home folder feature - other users will see the share itself, but you can make sure they can't see the contents.