Re: [Thinstation-developer] [Thinstation-general] Citrix ICA Client 10.0 - FIX

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Tech,

What is a "published PN pass-thru client"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is nothing magic about the values of 
ICA_APPLICATION_SET and SESSION_0_TITLE. In your TS setup, SESSION 0 is just 
a regular ICA session...correct?

AFAIK there are two timeouts that you can control. The first is how long a 
connection will live with no activity, and the second is how long a session 
will live. For example if a connection closes after 30 min. but a session 
lives for 8 hrs., then if you connect with client A, let it go idle for 35 
min., and then connect with client B, you will get your session back. I don't 
know what would happen if you connect before the 30 min is up.

Both of these are set at the server and are server-wide settings. One 
potential issue with a long timeout is that unused sessions still consume RAM 
on the server.

On Saturday 21 April 2007 19:40, TechFan wrote:
> My settings should be in the HOWTO on thinstation.sf.net for the subject:
>
> ICA_BROWSER_PROTOCOL=UDP
> ICA_APPLICATION_SET="Citrix Farm"
>
> SESSION_0_TITLE="Citrix_Program_Neighborhood"
> SESSION_0_TYPE=ica
> SESSION_0_ICA_APPLICATION_SET="Citrix Program Neighborhood"
> SESSION_0_ICA_OPTIONS="-domain DOMAINNAME"
> SESSION_0_ICA_APPSRV_LOCTCPBROWSERADDRESS=ica.domain.com
> SESSION_0_ICA_APPSRV_LOCHTTPBROWSERADDRESS=ica.domain.com
>
> This is connecting to a published PN pass-thru client on the servers. .
> .but the limitation is that it is 1 in X change the user will get the
> same server if they move to a different client (where X is the number of
> servers in the citrix farm).  That is why I am interested in the PNAgent
> setup you mentioned.  The problem is that I need the authentication to
> time out to be able to be manually closed. . .so a computer does sit
> there with access while no one is there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Larry Howe <lar...@co...>
> *To:* TechFan <lis...@ou...>
> *CC:* TrevorB <tre...@us...>, "S. J. van Harmelen"
> <sv...@dd...>, stefan1975 <sv...@fr...>,
> thi...@li...
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:34:57 AM
> *Subject:* [Thinstation-general] [Thinstation-developer] Citrix ICA
> Client 10.0 - FIX
>
> > That's exactly the result I want. If I can get it more easily in
> > thinstation that would be great. What are your TS session settings? Is it
> > a
> > SESSION_TYPE=ica, or something else?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Saturday 21 April 2007 11:49, TechFan wrote:
> >> Sounds interesting.  We accomplish something similar by publishing a
> >> "Citrix Program Neighborhood" application that gets used as a pass-thru
> >> client.  We don't even run a window manager. . .they have a single text
> >> menu option.  This way they also  only get the apps they are supposed to
> >> get and we never have to change the thinstation config.  The only reason
> >> I would like to see how your setup works is because I would like to have
> >> the smooth roaming feature. . .so users can always get back their same
> >> session from any computer.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> *From:* Larry Howe <lar...@co...>
> >> *To:* TechFan <lis...@ou...>
> >> *CC:* TrevorB <tre...@us...>, "S. J. van Harmelen"
> >> <sv...@dd...>, stefan1975 <sv...@fr...>,
> >> thi...@li...
> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 20, 2007 10:05:09 PM
> >> *Subject:* [Thinstation-general] [Thinstation-developer] Citrix ICA
> >> Client 10.0 - FIX
> >>
> >>> TechFan,
> >>>
> >>> I tried setting reg.ini and it works. The great thing about this is it
> >>> makes it easy to use the PNAgent View of the citrix client. The great
> >>> thing about the PNAgent view is that is equivalent to accessing citrix
> >>> via a web browser, but without the need for a web browser. Let me
> >>> explain.
> >>>
> >>> The way we use citrix is, we have dozens of different groups of users,
> >>> and each group gets its own set of published applications. Normally, a
> >>> user logs in to citrix with a web browser, and they see their specific
> >>> list of published apps. That's what we want.
> >>>
> >>> In TS, if you're not using PNAgent View, then you have to configure a
> >>> custom connection for every published app, and then some users will be
> >>> able to access some of them, but not others (due to permissions at the
> >>> server). A user that only has permission to 1 or 2 apps would have to
> >>> search through a list of dozens. Every time a published app changes
> >>> we'll have to change it both at the citrix server and in the TS config.
> >>> That's not what we want.
> >>>
> >>> Without being able to control reg.ini, users have to do this:
> >>>
> >>> - start Citrix client
> >>> - click menu option View -> PNAgent View
> >>> - enter web interface server URL
> >>> - log in to Citrix (uid, pwd, domain)
> >>> - see list of apps
> >>>
> >>> But by controlling reg.ini it is reduced to
> >>>
> >>> - start citrix client
> >>> - log in (uid, pwd)
> >>> - see list of apps
> >>>
> >>> Not a huge improvement for savvy users, but when you multiply it by
> >>> hundreds of users and throw in a good sprinkling of less-savvy users,
> >>> it's important. I'll post about my solution (so far) separately.
> >>>
> >>> Larry
> >>>
> >>> On Thursday 19 April 2007 09:00, TechFan wrote:
> >>>> It has been months since I heard about reg.ini and haven't had a
> >>>> chance to look at it. . .from what I have heard, it is a totally
> >>>> separate file that allows pnagent to work (and web interface). . .and
> >>>> would allow us to allow our users to switch workstations and reliably
> >>>> get their session back. . .
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> *From:* TrevorB <tre...@us...>
> >>>> *To:* Larry Howe <lar...@co...>
> >>>> *CC:* "S. J. van Harmelen" <sv...@dd...>, stefan1975 <sv...@fr...>,
> >>>> thi...@li...
> >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 9:48:28 PM
> >>>> *Subject:* [Thinstation-general] [Thinstation-developer] Citrix ICA
> >>>> Client 10.0 - FIX
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 07:34 -0400, Larry Howe wrote:
> >>>>>> My belief is that many parameters need to be set in
> >>>>>> /root/.ICAClient/reg.ini. However, TS doesn't create this file. I'm
> >>>>>> working on a patch to make TS write this file. If it works I'll post
> >>>>>> something back.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is all done in packages/ica/etc/init.d/ica.init
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You'll find the code to create appsrv.ini & wfclient.ini
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is this an additional file or do some of the options from these files
> >>>>> actually belong in reg.ini?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You could just duplicate the code for wfclient.ini and adjust for
> >>>>> reg.ini. You will also need to create a
> >>>>> packages/ica/usr/lib/ICAClient/config/reg.ini.tpl file with the
> >>>>> default settings.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> parameters would be SESSION_x_ICA_REG_<whatever>=<parameters
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Trevor B
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Larry
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thursday 19 April 2007 04:56, S. J. van Harmelen wrote:
> >>>>>>> Couldn't agree with you more!!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So if anyone has a good updated config...?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> P.S. I will also send this mail to the general list. Much more
> >>>>>>> people there who can help.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 01:15 -0700, stefan1975 wrote:
> >>>>>>>> S. J. van Harmelen wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> You have to include the wf_ica package. Didn't had to do that
> >>>>>>>>> before do (with the ICA 9 client). But it works :)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hello all. I have also succeeded in getting this ICA10 client to
> >>>>>>>> work, it seems to be working just as good as the ICA9 client (but
> >>>>>>>> not better yet). However does anyone have any idea as how to
> >>>>>>>> configure / tune the ICA10 client?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> There are a lot of new / changed parameters, i have the idea that
> >>>>>>>> the modules.ini isn't used at all anymore and is replaced by the
> >>>>>>>> all_regions.ini. I now have it working but with the same config
> >>>>>>>> files as the ICA9 client and I have a feeling this can be improved
> >>>>>>>> a lot.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Things like all the new features session reliability / flash
> >>>>>>>> optimalization / etc were not supported before and should be now.
> >>>>>>>> Maybe someone can post their new configuration parameters for
> >>>>>>>> comparison. We have some serious performance / disconnect issues
> >>>>>>>> with our current TS2.2 setup, so help is needed.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> thanks a lot,
> >>>>>>>> stefan.
> >>>>>>>
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