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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
