Simlinks | Can they point to network account folders (iMovie related)?

Hi everyone. First time posting here, so please be kind. I've done some searches regarding simlinks, and as best as I can tell they are the best solution for changing iMovies default folder. As we already know iMovie 09 only saves to the user account's 'movies' folder, and there really isn't a way around changing the location of this folder through any kind of preference feature in iMovie. So I'm looking at possibly using a simlink. I've never used one before, but I think I can figure it out. Here's my question:
I'm running a lab of Aluminum iMacs, in which my students log in with Network based accounts housed on an x-raid server. I've set up my students so all their work automatically saves to their home folders on the server, and they have no access to the local machine's hard drive. Everything is working great, except for iMovie. I've been reading threads on how people have set up simlinks to point to NAS drives, or an external HD, but nothing about pointing to the home folders of network based accounts. What I would like to do is set up a simlink so when iMovie saves to the iMovie events folder it redirects the save to a users 'movie' folder on their network account. Is this possible? If it is, is it possible to the same folder point to some kind of generic path so it will work on multiple users? Or is there another simpler solution that I'm missing?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Hi
On the mac clients you would use Directory Utility (for 10.4) or Directory Access (10.5), they are located in the same place /Applications/Utilities. Launch the application, click the lock to authenticate using the local admin account details and then use the Active Directory plug-in to 'bind' the mac client to the AD Server. Its all laid out in front of you if you click 'Show Advanced Options' button. There is not really much to do on the mac client side other than to make sure you use the correct Kerberos Realm name as well as an AD account that has authority for the domain. Pretty much how well this works is all down to how well the AD is configured. Ideally internal DNS services should not be based around .local. This link will tell you why as well as how to make it work using .local.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107800
You may also find these other links useful:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=89EE677B-0FF6-4558-A54B -6070E2C8CD65&displaylang=en
This is the Microsoft kbase that discusses the same issues.
http://www.apple.is/windows/SBSMacDoc.pdf
as well as the pdf download
http://msmvps.com/blogs/javier/archive/2004/11/24/20645.aspx
http://forums.macworld.com/thread/82667?tstart=0
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050302023720578
There are more links I could post but they will all amount to pretty much the same thing. One important thing to note is time synchronization is crucial for the KDC to grant time-stamped tickets to clients. So make sure the everyone is using the same network time server.
Hope this helps, Tony

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"1. Can I use a network account in offline?"
If I've understood you correctly, yes.
"2. Do you know any name for this method in Mac?"
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