New to OS X + AD: trouble mounting home directories

Hi guys,

I’m a little new to making OS X work with AD, so here goes. I can successfully bind an OS X (10.4.2) workstation to a Windows 2003 Server AD, however I am a little unsure as to how to setup the home directories. I want the OS X workstation to pull it’s home directory location from the AD box; here is how my user profile appears on the 2003 Server.

This is taken from Active Directory Users & Computers’ Profile tab:

User Profile
Profile path: (blank)
Login script: SCRIPTLOGIC.BAT
Local path: (blank)
Connect: P: to \\nas-server\users$\Username

This is taken from the Active Directory configure module in Directory Access on the OS X client:

Create mobile account at login: yes
Require confirmation before creating a mobile account: yes
Use UNC path from Active Directory to derive network home location: yes
Network profile to be used: smb
Default user shell: /bin/bash

Now, when the user logs in on the OS X client, the following is mounted:

nas-server/users$ (and is authenticated as Username)

I can go into my home directory and everything looks fine. My question is, is this the best way to do this? Or should I be looking to do it another way?

Thanks!

Chris