Small TS client problem

[peterve]

Hi all,

Facts :
3 NT4 Terminal Servers,
50 clients, roaming profiles !

I created a "terminal server user" who has access to log on to the terminal server, and gets a certain application (which is started when that user logs on)

I installed terminal services client on all computer (with an administrator account)
I logged onto the computer with the regular user account,
created the terminal server connection,
enabled auto-logon in the terminal server connection and saved it.

The connection works fine : the user starts the connection, the terminal server connection logs on to the terminal server using the username & password I have specified, the application is launched; ... all works fine.

I've done this for all users.

When another user logs on to that computer, his own (roaming) profile is used on that computer, and what happens :
for some reason or another, the password in the terminal server connection is scrambled and contains something else
Result : nobody can access the application on the terminal server anymore...

Any ideas how I can solve this ? Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[emetake]

Did you specify the same username and password in the terminal services??
If you didn't you will have to add each client profile to the terminal server with its own username and pwd.
The other user have configured the connection to the terminal services as well as the teminal service client?? remember that they have roaming profiles.

Hope this help you.

Good luck

 

[peterve]

User 1 logs on with
user1
pasw1

the terminal server connection uses

tsuser
tspassword

for everyboy (it's a generic account that automatically runs a certain application)

The connection itself is saved into the roaming profile,
but when user2 logs on to the computer where user1 was working on, the password in the terminal server connection gets scrambled and reset to something else...
so they call me and ask me why they can't log on to the terminal server anymore... Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[Highland]

What are the Clients running on, is it NT PCs...???? sounds like a problem at the client...???? Does everyone logon to the client with the same account/profile or are they set-up differently for each user....????

 

[peterve]

all computers are NT4 workstation,
all users use a different username to log on to the domain, each user has his own roaming profile

Every TS client connection has the same username & password to start up the application... Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[Highland]

Think I would start the client installation again...install it seperately for each user....what rights have you given them when they logon to the client PC..???? It would also be worth deleting any existing profiles from the PC, I believe it will always check for a "local" profile on the PC before downloading one.

 

[peterve]

the client has to be installed by a local administrator...
I could try to give them local admin rights, and then reinstall the client...
I'll let you know how it turns out Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[CitrixEngineer]

It'd be better to give each user a Terminal Server roaming profile (via UMD on the Terminal Servers) rather than share a common login. This can be too unpredictable, unless you give them mandatory profiles.

Or install Citrix MetaFrame and publish the application

 

[peterve]

there is no problem with the profile on the terminal server,
the problem resides on the client side...
(the fact that the terminal server connection can't remember the password...)

Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[Highland]

Citrix Engineer is right......but it depends what your last logged-on user does....????!!!!

 

[peterve]

I'm afraid he's not right,
The user we're using to start the application with needs to have special rights
I can't have all my users have special rights, so logging onto the terminal server with a special user account was the only solution.



Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be