Just a standard published desktop. I just found an update that allegedly fixed this - update 44 - and it hasn't worked. I'm becoming very vexed with Citrix. Grrr.
On 9 March 2010 16:03, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you mean Citrix VDI or publishing a server desktop? We are > considering VDI as well. We already use a number of Citrix products so for > us as long as long-term costs are less than traditional desktop > replacements, we will probably go that route. > > I just saw a demo from our Citrix provider and Citrix VDI had no issues > with pass-through authentication via XenApp or Microsoft App-V. I'd check > out the Citrix forums - some very knowledgeable people there. If you are > using VDI you also have the option to just have the apps installed on the > desktop image. > > Tom > > > Tom Miller > Engineer, Information Technology > Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board > 757-788-0528 > > >>> James Rankin <[email protected]> 3/9/2010 10:28 AM >>> > > Is anyone else using published desktops on Windows 2008 R1 x64 using Citrix > XenApp 5? If so, do you also use the XenApp Hosted Apps plugin (formerly the > Program Neighborhood Agent) to launch published apps from the published > desktop? > > I can't get pass-through authentication to work *at all *from the plugin > running on a published desktop. It asks for your password between two and > six times before accepting your login. It then asks for your password if you > launch an app or change any settings. We are thinking about moving onto this > new platform - however, as we have a multitude of small published apps > running out there, this will be a big non-starter if it can't be resolved. > > Passthrough is configured on the site on the web interface and it works OK > when connecting from XP or Win7 desktops, using the old v10 agent and the > new v11. The published desktops don't work no matter what version you > install. Our old server 2003 desktops connect just fine to our MPS 4.5 > published apps, so I can't understand why this is behaving as such in the > (allegedly newer and better) version. > > I've seen articles about enabling Kerberos and such like to make this work > - seems to have no effect. There is also the comment someone has posted from > the v11 readme which seems to indicate it is a v11 bug - *Pass-through > authentication is not available when accessing a published application from > a published desktop. The user must provide valid credentials to launch a > session within a desktop session even when pass-through authentication is > enabled in the plugin.* - This doesn't explain why v10 does exactly the > same thing, though. > > Has anyone out there got this working, or encountered the same problem? If > it is a bug, then I'd have expected Citrix to have fixed it by now. I'm on > the verge of firing up XenApp 6 tech preview to see if it has been fixed in > that - although seeing as it is still a tech preview, even if it worked it > wouldn't help me out much. > > Please feel free to flame me for more information, as I'm a little hot and > stressed and have probably missed something vital out of my diatribe. > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
