File Shares

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If you have configured Kerberos in Self Service+ (formerly the Jamf Connect menu bar app), you can also configure a file share menu item. This menu item is added with an additional configuration profile written to the following domain:

com.jamf.connect.shares
Important:

  • Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) shares are currently not supported by Self Service+'s file share feature.

  • Adding multiple shares can make this setting difficult to manage. Testing and deploying a simple configuration profile first is recommended.

The following settings are used to create a file share configuration profile:

Setting

Description

HomeMount

Determines if a user's home profile should be mounted. This is written as a dictionary of keys requiring the Groups and Options keys, even with an empty array.

<key>HomeMount</key>
    <dict>
       <key>Groups</key>
       <array/>
       <key>Options</key>
       <array/>
       <key>Mount</key>
       <false/>
    </dict>

Groups

Specifies which active directory group members should have their home profile mounted

Options

An array of mount options.

Note:

See the Options table for available options.

Shares

Determines if a user's home profile should be mounted. This is written as a dictionary of keys requiring:

  • The Groups and Options keys, even with an empty array

  • The AutoMount key, configured as true or false

<key>Shares</key>
        <array>
          <dict>
             <key>Groups</key>
                <array>
                <string>group1</string>
                <string>group2</string>
                </array>
                <key>URL</key>
               <string>smb://exampleURL/share/ExampleHome</string>
                <key>Options</key>
                <array/>
                <key>Name</key>
                <string>Files for you</string>
                <key>LocalMount</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>AutoMount</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ConnectedOnly</key>
                <true/>
            </dict>
</array>

AutoMount

If set to true, the share is automatically mounted

ConnectedOnly

If set to true, the share is only mounted when the computer is connected to the active directory domain.

Groups

Specifies which active directory group members should have their home profile mounted.

LocalMount

Specifies a local mount point

Name

Specifies the name of the share displayed as a menu item in Self Service+

Options

An array of mount options

Note:

See the Options table for available options.

URL

Specifies the URL of the mount point.

You can use variable substitution to create custom mount points. Self Service+ can substitute any of the following variables with the corresponding value from the user's AD account:

  • <<domain>>
  • <<fullname>>
  • <<serial>>
  • <<shortname>>
  • <<upn>>
  • <<email>>