TITLE
    Macintosh Manager: Ways to Mount Volumes
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Modified: 		106031
10/10/00
1/19/01
TOPIC

    Using the method presented here, you may mount (connect to) volumes for use within the Macintosh Manager environment.

DISCUSSION

    When a student logs in at a Macintosh Manager client workstation, that computer by default connects to the Macintosh Manager shared folder on the startup volume of the designated authentication server. Using the following techniques, other volumes may be accessed or used for storage.

    Terminology: What is a "volume," or an "authentication server"?

    A "volume" is a unit of storage. Physically speaking, examples of a volume include:
    • hard disk
    • hard disk partition
    • CD-ROM disc
    • an array of disks (RAID)

    A volume behaves as a single, independent disk on the desktop, regardless of its physical form. Additional volumes may be physically connected to the authentication server or to other computers. A multi-volume or multi-server setup may be attractive or even necessary when each of a large number of students needs to store a relatively large amount of data, such as an iMovie project. When connecting to a server, a share point (whether a single folder or an entire disk) also behave as a volume.

    A "share point" is a folder or volume that has been designated for sharing by an AppleShare IP or Mac OS X Server.

    "Authentication server" is a specific way of referring to the Macintosh Manager server to which a student logs on when beginning a Macintosh Manager session. Because it verifies the student's name and password, it is called an "authentication" server. The authentication server uses either AppleShare IP or Mac OS X Server in conjunction with Macintosh Manager software. In advanced setups which may include multiple servers, understanding which is the authentication server is important.

    Common reasons that Macintosh Manager users may want to add volumes include:
    • to create Group Documents folders on other volumes to expand total storage area
    • to give access to remote files or applications

    The steps presented here require that you know how to set privileges in AppleShare IP. For general questions about setting privileges, see:

    Article 60612: " AppleShare IP 6.3: About Sharing, Share Points, and Access Privileges "

    For explicit instructions on using the Mac OS Server Admin application to set privileges, choose Help Center from the Help menu. Users of Mac OS X Server may review:

    Article 60063: " Mac OS X Server: Using Apple File Services Remote Administration "

    To create a new Group Documents folder, see:

    Article 31265: " Macintosh Manager 1.3: Saving Workgroup Documents to Another Volume "

    The Multiple Users User/Macintosh Manager User

    When Macintosh Manager users are at the log-on screen, they connect to the Macintosh Manager authentication server via a special AppleShare user. If the authentication server is using AppleShare IP, that user is named Multiple Users User. For authentication servers using Mac OS X Server, that user is named Macintosh Manager User. If a user logs on to a workgroup that has a Documents folder outside the default Macintosh Manager volume on the authentication server, the authentication server disconnects that user from the default volume and automatically forwards the user's connection to the correct volume--a process that is transparent to the user.

    Note: When an added Documents volume is local (physically connected) to the Macintosh Manager authentication server, users who belong to more than one workgroup will not be able to switch between them while logged on. In other circumstances this may be possible via the Macintosh Manager Icon in the menu bar. Users affected by this may switch workgroups by logging off and logging back on to the new workgroup.

    Here's a simple test for determining if your Multiple Users or Macintosh Manager User has appropriate access to a volume:
      1. Open the Macintosh Manager admin application.
      2. Log on to your server.
      3. Open the Chooser.
      4. Click AppleShare.
      5. Double-click the authentication server name. You should already be connected as "Multiple Users User" or "Macintosh Manager User".
      6. Click Connect.

    You should now see the list of volumes to which the Multiple Users User or Macintosh Manager User has access. If the volume you need to mount does not appear in the list, make sure that the Macintosh Manager User or Multiple Users User has read or read-write privileges to the volume.

    Important notes for setting privileges:
    • The only volume of which the Multiple Users User or Macintosh Manager User should be the Owner is the Macintosh Manager shared folder on the authentication server.
    • All other volumes accessed by a workgroup (for Documents volumes, general storage, or application use) should have the Multiple Users User or Macintosh Manager User listed in the User/Group field with read-write access.
    • Each of these additional volumes should be assigned its own unique AppleShare user as Owner. Each of these AppleShare users should have a password that is not the same as the server administrator's.

    Once you have successfully logged on, follow these steps to connect to a volume automatically for members of a workgroup:
      1. Open the Macintosh Manager application from the administration computer, not at the server.
      2. Click the Workgroups tab.
      3. Click the Volumes tab.
      4. Click Chooser.
      Note: Skip steps 4 and 5 if the volume you want to add already appears on your desktop.
      5. Use the Chooser to connect to the volume you wish to add.
      6. In the Volumes field, click the name of the volume.
      7. Click Add.
      8. In the "Mount at log in" field, click the name of the volume.
      9. Click the radio button next to "Log in automatically as the following AFP user."
      10. Enter a user name and password.
      Note: You should not use the name of a user that is designated Owner or Administrator in the Users & Groups list of the Mac OS Server Admin. When mounting a volume that is physically connected to the authentication server, you want to use the user name that was created for the owner of that specific volume (see above paragraph). When mounting volumes that are physically connected to a different computer, choose a user from that computer's Users & Groups list that has appropriate privileges for the volume.
      11. Click Save.

    You do not need to check the box next to "Always try automatic log-in with user's name and password first."

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software; Communications-Networking
Category: AppleShare; General OS
Sub Category: AppleShare for Mac OS

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