Automatically mount a network drive upon login

Hi All,
Can anyone help!
I want to automatically mount a network drive when a network user logs in.
Client OSX10.4.9
Network drive/share is samba based.
Network user is LDAP based (Novell eDirectory)
I currently have the following working:
An eDirectory (LDAPv3) user logs in & authenticates ok.
Mounting the network drive/share works ok MANUALY, with the following
smb://IPorDNS
user is then prompted for their password (I want this automated @ login preferably)
What I need is some help automating this smb mounting @ login time using the users ldap Username/Password. I guess this would need to be done using an Applescript of sorts, but I'm stuck as to how to take this forward..!
cifs://workgroup;Username:Password@IPorDNS/profile
The above works manually, but how do I go about swapping the Username:Password for environment variables, and then packaging this into a script/application that runs during login..???
TIA
Danny
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi Matt,
Yes that would work for a single user that wants the same mount everytime but not for multiple network users, as the path changes for each user...
e.g.
/networkserver/usersarea/user1
/networkserver/usersarea/user2
/networkserver/usersarea/user3
etc
I think I need something like Actioscript apps to run during the login process...
TIA
Danny

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