SV: [Samba] Samba-Citrix compatability
perkjetil.grotnes at pbe.oslo.kommune.no
perkjetil.grotnes at pbe.oslo.kommune.no
Tue Nov 4 09:11:00 GMT 2003
I have searched for some FAQ/HOWTO regarding Citrix/Metaframe to no
avail. (Like this one
http://samba.org/~jht/HOWTO/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf )
What I would like to see in such a FAQ/HOWTO:
- Compilation issues regarding Citrix/metaframe
- - ie the need to increase the MAX_CONNECTION setting before
compilation
- - ie how to compile samba to a 64 bit application to get more
available file descriptors (problem for solaris)
- the need to tweak the /etc/system settings (ie "set rlim_fd_max =
<number>")
- oplocks settings in smb.conf
- the single smbd process issue and workaround(s) (wins and
DNS-proxy/netbios names?)
- the home-share issue and problem
All these issues, and probably more, I feel are related to
Citrix/metaframe vs. Samba. If I am wrong and somewhere there is a FAQ
regarding this then all the better. Just need to find it. ;-) If not
then it is most neeeded.
And Samba4? What is this? :-) Due 2005?
Kind regards
Per Kjetil Grotnes
Some governmental department in Norway
> Andrew Bartlett
> Sendt: 4. november 2003 02:20
>
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:55:25AM +1100, DAVIES Rob wrote: > G'day, >
> > We are having problems when connecting to our Solaris 8 server Zeus
> > from our Windows 2000 Terminal Servers.
>
> I think you might be hitting two of the nastiest bugs with
> that combination.
>
> Firstly, there are issues with Solaris 8, and TDB locks, for
> which there is a solaris kernel patch (it's an fcntl issue).
> But more importantly, there is an issue caused by the way
> Windows Terminal Server clients connect - they all use the
> same smbd. This causes all their operations to be
> serialised, even worse if something blocks.
>
> The best solution is to call your system by as many names as
> possible. For example, call it by one name per user,
> particularly for roaming profiles. (So make a user's profile
> path/homedir \\zeus-username\username or the like). Use DNS
> (with a samba wins server set to 'dns proxy') or fixed
> entires in your wins.dat, or an lmhosts file, to force the
> multiple names. Samba doesn't mind what it gets called.
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