[THIN] Re: Get client name in WI4
- From: Ormond_Merino@xxxxxxx
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:48:33 -0400
Thanks Jim, that's awesome.
Here is the code to set the clientname as the hostname(not the username) of
the client machine. It might also be of use.
Again, this too is a derivation of ThinFan's code, so he should get most of
the props...
Note: this code will return the IP address (only the first octet because of
the split I'm doing) of the client machine unless you enable reverse dns
lookups in IIS using the command below.
Cscript.exe C:\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs set
/w3svc/1/ROOT/EnableReverseDNS "TRUE"
// Create the clientName
String client = Request.UserHostName;
// split the string, removing the dns suffix. The FQDN could make the name
too long.
string[] client1 = client.Split('.');
string clientName = client1[0];
//write the hostname to the cookie, we're no longer reading the
cookie before creating the name,
//but I had problems logging when I didn't write the name to the cookie
deviceState.put(COOKIE_LOGIN_CLIENT_NAME, clientName);
Regards,
Ormond Merino
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From: Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com [mailto:jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Get client name in WI4
Ormond,
This is great..I turned it into an FAQ item on thethin.net so it is written
in the pages of history. Please look at
http://thethin.net/faqs2.cfm?id=478
<http://thethin.net/faqs2.cfm?id=478&category=3> &category=3
Let me know if I got this right.
PS: Are you any relation to Dag Merino the guy who designed thethin.net
logo?
Thanks
Jim Kenzig
http://thin.net <http://thin.net>
Ormond_Merino@xxxxxxx wrote:
I haven't been able to determine what criteria it's using to check if a
clientname is unique... it may think that the client name is unique and is
bypassing the generateunique() statement.
<mailto:ormond_merino@xxxxxxx>
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From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:26 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Get client name in WI4
I have Workspace control enabled I'm able to customize my setting without
any problems. What I do have question about however is this. My code is
setup as follows
String clientName = MPSClientNames.fromAccessToken( accessToken );
String[] client = clientName.Split('-');
clientName = client[1];
if (!MPSClientNames.isValidUniqueName(clientName)) {
if( config.getWorkspaceControlConfiguration().getEnabled() ) {
clientName = MPSClientNames.generateUnique();
deviceState.put(COOKIE_LOGIN_CLIENT_NAME, clientName); //
Remember for future sessions
} else {
// Use the old client name format when Workspace Control is
disabled for
// compatibility (MPS/U and MF1.8 need the old format to do
roaming
// reconnection).
clientName = MPSClientNames.fromAccessToken( accessToken );
The 2nd if statement is checking for workspace control being enabled
correct? And if so, it's modifying the clientnNme. Well, the code you gave
me, which alters the clientName prior to the 2nd if statement is still
holding true. Shouldn't the clientName be altered to whatever
MPSClientNames.generateUnique() is doing?
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ormond_Merino@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:12 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Get client name in WI4
On another note...I was not the person who originally submitted this code.
It was ThinFan I believe. I took his example and expanded on it to use the
hostname of the client machine as the client name. I wasn't able to test it
fully because we're not using workspace control, but it did correctly set
the clientname as expected.
So, Workspace Control is functioning correctly with his code? That's good to
hear.
Regards,
Ormond Merino
<mailto:ormond_merino@xxxxxxx>
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From: Ormond_Merino@xxxxxxx [mailto:Ormond_Merino@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:45 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Get client name in WI4
You could try this...
// Always determine the client name from the user's identity
String clientName = MPSClientNames.fromAccessToken( accessToken );
String[] client = clientName.Split('-');
clientName = client[1];
deviceState.put(COOKIE_LOGIN_CLIENT_NAME,
clientName);
deviceInfo.setDetectedAddress( Request.UserHostAddress );
deviceInfo.setClientName( clientName );
Regards,
Ormond Merino
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From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Get client name in WI4
Just wanted to pass along that I tried this method below, which was posted
by another person (forget who, sorry!) and it works nicely thus far.
All the printers now show up as domain-username. That doesn't match exactly
with what was mentioned below as the original poster said they only see the
username. I would ideally like ONLY the username, so can anyone tell me
what I should tweak to have it show only the username? Perhaps it's a back
end setting and not something I need to change in the code?
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I saw that someone already responded with the published Citrix
solution, however that method disables workspace control.
We therefore took a different route: We modified the Session.cs file
and left workspace control enabled. Now we get User Name (not
domain-username) for the Client ID AND we have workspace control
still.
We are still testing this method to assure no other problems, but so
far it looks good.
Session.cs info:
Here is the original Code
Change these lines to decide how the client name is chosen:
// Get the client name to use (create a new one, if necessary)
String clientName = (String)deviceState.get(COOKIE_LOGIN_CLIENT_NAME);
if (!MPSClientNames.isValidUniqueName(clientName)) {
if( config.getWorkspaceControlConfiguration().getEnabled() ) {
clientName = MPSClientNames.generateUnique();
deviceState.put(COOKIE_LOGIN_CLIENT_NAME, clientName); //
Remember for future sessions
} else {
// Use the old client name format when Workspace Control is
disabled for
// compatibility (MPS/U and MF1.8 need the old format to do
roaming
// reconnection).
clientName = MPSClientNames.fromAccessToken( accessToken );
}
}
For example, replacing the lines above with this should always use the
client name derived from the username:
// Always determine the client name from the user's identity
String clientName = MPSClientNames.fromAccessToken( accessToken );
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