We have started using dropbox business for file sharing. Users have requested the ability to access files off the server at work. I easily packaged this up with a "dummy" app created in apple script so it shows as downloaded when it is pushed via Meraki. Not sure if anyone is looking at Dropbox, but here it is:
#!/bin/bash
#Create symbolic link between users network folder and dropbox so user can access files off network.
cd /Users/$USER/Dropbox
ln -s /Users/$USER/Desktop/$USER
You may have to edit the ln -s path to your network drive. All user data is stored in one drive with a subfolder for each user and permissions are adjusted so users can only view there data. When the user logs into the machine, a script runs that mounts the data drive if they are on network and create a symbolic link to there folder on the network drive. I was noticing if we did the ln -s command directly to the network drive and it was ejected (computer left the network) the symbolic link would break. Doing a symbolic link to the symbolic link to the network drive seems to be a work around. Still testing though.
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