[Casper] Alias for AD network folder (script?)

[Slutzky, Ben]

Hi,
This isn¹t much of a Casper question, but maybe someone can help.
Our Macs have single sign-on enabled with Active Directory, and are also
bound to our Open Directory server for managed preferences. Users save to
their network folder (their user folder listed in AD). But because the user
network folders are stored in hard-to-find subfolders in a server share
containing all network folders, it's difficult for users to find theirs when
trying to save documents. (For instance, the path to a user's folder might
be smb://file1/users/bsmith.)
The actual server share (e.g., "users") is mounted by OS X as a volume when
a user logs in, but they'd have to find their folder inside another folder
in that volume. Although OS X automatically creates an alias directly to
their folder on the dock, that alias isn't accessible from a file saving
window. I couldn't find a way of "copying" the dock alias to the desktop.

Can anyone think of a way (possibly with a script) for OS X to create an
alias on the user's desktop that links directly to the current user's AD
home directory - like the one that appears on the dock, but on the desktop?

Any ideas would be appreciated.
Ben Slutzky
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