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opus_az · Nov 30, 2007, 10:33 AM

Hi... For my Windows clients I can have a script something like
start \\ip.address\sharename\scriptname
In other words run a script that's saved on another computer but without needing to map a drive to that computer first.

How can I do the same thing in Tiger and Leopard? The script will be on a Windows machine, if that matters.

I'm still a novice when it comes to OS X networking and Linux commands. Hopefully I'm not missing something obvious.

Big Mac · Nov 30, 2007, 10:53 AM

Sounds like a nice security risk.

opus_az · Nov 30, 2007, 11:15 AM

In my case, no. The scripts are just the Windows NETLOGON scripts so there's inherent authentication involved.

Any suggestions?

analogika · Nov 30, 2007, 01:18 PM

In Tiger, just create an alias to the file you want to open. Double-clicking it will automagically mount the drive and open the file.

For some reason, this has not worked in Leopard for me so far.

opus_az · Nov 30, 2007, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by analogika

In Tiger, just create an alias to the file you want to open. Double-clicking it will automagically mount the drive and open the file.

For some reason this results in the user still getting a NETLOGON drive which is what I was trying to avoid. I was hoping for a one liner, but I'll keep experimenting. Shame about Leopard.

Thanks!

Thinine · Nov 30, 2007, 04:56 PM

Just unmount the share right after running the script.

What scripts are you running, since I can't see you running Windows NETLOGON scripts on a Mac.

olePigeon · Nov 30, 2007, 05:28 PM

You could write a shell script that'll SSH to another computer and open the file that way.

opus_az · 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Thinine

Just unmount the share right after running the script.

What scripts are you running, since I can't see you running Windows NETLOGON scripts on a Mac.

I'll try that. I won't have access to a Tiger machine until tomorrow, just Leopards today.

I keep all my logon scripts, OS X and Windows in the NETLOGON directory just for consistency sake. My OS X scripts are basically just a series of mount volume commands. There's a bit more to them but that's the jist.

I prefer having the scripts on the server so when I need to change them I don't have to ask the user to download another file. They can just have a shortcut that points to whatever script they need.

Originally Posted by olePigeon

You could write a shell script that'll SSH to another computer and open the file that way.

I'll give that a go, wouldn't know where to start, novice and all.

On a side note, with Leopard, if I connect to at least on shared drive on my Windows server, I don't see the drive(s) listed in the Finder's Shared section but instead see the Servername and opening that shows all the drives I have permissions to not just ones I manually connected to. I actually like that better since it'd simplify my scripting, but I'm sure there's others who would not like it.

besson3c · Nov 30, 2007, 09:03 PM

Install OpenSSH on Windows, setup public key authentication, invoke remote script via an SSH command from your Mac.

Read up on SSH, it is your friend.

opus_az · Nov 30, 2007, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Read up on SSH, it is your friend.

Guess it's time. It's been on the fringe of a few projects, so yeah, guess I'll start cracking that nut.

besson3c · Nov 30, 2007, 10:24 PM

Here is my favorite SSH tutorial:

SSH Tutorial

Ultimately you'll be able to simply enter:

ssh [email protected] <remotecommand>

The only thing I'm unsure of is how the Windows version of openSSH will translate Unix commands into DOS commands, or whether it will at all. In your case, I imagine it would just be a question of changing slashes to back slashes or something though, but I know very little about the inner workings of Windows.