SV: [Samba] Samba-Citrix compatability

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 perkjetil.grotnes at pbe.oslo.kommune.no wrote:

> 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:

Are you willing to help write this? You too can make a difference you
know!

>
> - 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.

Good points! Will you contribute some text that we can add to the HOWTO?

Information like this gets documented when someone with your kind of
passion writes some basic guidelines and contributes it to the HOWTO.
Please do not leave this to others, while the needs are fresh in your mind
please write a few paragraphs on each and send them to me for inclusion.

Cheers,
John T.

>
> 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.
>
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org