SV: [Samba] Samba-Citrix compatability

[John H Terpstra]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Eric Roseme wrote:

> John and/or Andrew,
>
> I created some slides diagraming this issue in simplistic terms for
> Microsoft management when I was attempting to persuede them to uncomment
> the MultipleUsersOnConnection code from the W2000 redirector (to no
> avail).  If you think that they could be useful for officially
> documenting the issue, I can email you the pdf directly (I do not want
> to dump a big file in everyone's inbox).

Eric,

Please do send that to me. I'll extract and ammend the HOWTO from it.

Thnx.

- John T.

>
> Eric Roseme
>
> John H Terpstra wrote:
>
> >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