Netinfo manager

Hello
Our IT dept doesn't like macs. The art dept. managed to get 13 Power Mac G5. I have configured them to allow active direcotry users to login to macs. When they have logged in they automatically get their network storage on the desktop great. However IT doesn't want "bloated" art mac files on the network so one of the Power Macs has an enormous 250 gig hard disk. I have been able to auto mount the hard disk on the other machines using netinfo manager. However it appears in the /Network/ folder, according to this page http://www.bombich.com/mactips/automount.html that is the best I can do. I am wondering if anyone here can think of a way round this to make the Work network share appear on the desktop. I have alread tried making the dir option in netinfo manager /Volumes and ~/Desktop any other ideas greatfully received.

Hold down the Option and Command keys while dragging the share onto the desktop, or open the Terminal application in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run the following:
ln -s drag network share into Terminal ~/Desktop/
Press Enter; a link to the network share should then appear on your desktop. The l in the command is a lowercase L.
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