Global DFS share mounting ?

is there a way to mount a set of DFS shares on Lion if bound to Active Directory, so if user_A or user_B can login and both would get the same pre-defined mapped drives.
I know ADmitMac has ADmitMac Brower that you can define things like this (part of the package). I am trying to see if there is a native way to do this with Lion without a third party application to drive it.
Let me lay some history:
I already know you can do an apple script calling the mouse save the script as an APP then place it into Login Items under the user's account. This works fine but if you have a large user base it tends to be tedicious.
i don't want to do a launchd but would if it was the olnly way possible to accomplish this.
I've tried: mkdir .... /folder_name_to_mount_on_desktop_DFS_share_name
mount_smbfs //network_info_to_DFS_share/DFS_share_name
save the script to /Library/Scripts, change ower to ROOT (sudo chown root ... and sudo chmod 700)
binded the script to loginhook (sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /path/to/the/script/script_name.sh
the above is not the correct syntax i was just giving a high level overview of what i've tried. If i open terminal and do the mkdir / mount_smbfs works ok but nothing goes for someone logging in and have it call up the script and mount the proper drivers. i do see the folder on the desktop just seems to never make it past the attach the network settings to the folder.
syntax I am using is: mount_smbfs //user@server_path/data/DFS_Share_name /User/Logged_in_user_name/Desktop/DFS_Share_Name (folder name matches the DFS share name)
So the script looks like this
mkdir /Users/$USER/Desktop/DFS_Share1
mount_smbfs //$[email protected]/data/DFS_Share1 /Users/$USER/Desktop/DFS_Share1
any ideas or direction would be great.

Hi,
Please refer to the thread below:
DFS share for software distribution SCCM
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Check for mounted DFS share with exists in apple script

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Can any one advise how to detect if a DFS share is mounted or not?
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end tell
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hi
i have a macbook air running 10.7.2 and we have a DFS file server running windows 2008 r2
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Hi
We use Windows Server 2008 Standard as a domain controller. It also hosts DFS. Although the namespaces are hosted on the server, the data is stored on a Windows 2008 Storage Server. We do not use DFS replication.
I have several DFS shares mapped on my Windows 7 client, which has just replaced my XP client, and can access them without any problems.
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Thank you, fupin
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Dear all,
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Created EnableTCPA registry entry
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688074
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647452
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I am having DFS share access issues with a Windows 7 workstation.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983620/en-us
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After the latest update a new print dialog is available which includes the option to 'Print on both sides of the paper'. Our printer (available via a print server in a Windows domain environment), is capable of printing duplexed copies of documents but is configured to default to not use duplex. When the option to do this from the Adobe Reader print dialog is selected the printer driver overides it and the document is printed normally (not duplexed).
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The DFS shares are mapped as a network drive. This is done just once using a batch file that uses the persistent switch. No roaming profiles, no username\application data path.
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Hi RJO22,
I did some research on this topic, and got a conclusion:
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/c3214a4c-8088-446c-ba4d-643d5baf87cc/how-to-access-dfs-namespace-from-a-standalone-windows-2003-server
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