... With autofs, you do not get (or even have the option of getting) browsable icons for the mount point of each automount map. ... The more major problem is that after going to one of those mount points by hand (command-shift-g), you can see a nice list of mountable directories (yay!), but when you click on them they don't mount; instead you get an error message. ... If the user has a hard drive they'll know about it, and look for it in a directory full of mounted volumes. ...