Publish Applications Anonymously

[marcs]

Is there a way to get 2X ApplicationServer to publish applications anonymously (like in Citrix - each user has their own windows profile) - without the user specifying credentials in the 2x client? I like to eliminate the authentication to the terminal server because the application has its own authentication.

I can set credentials in the tscc and the session will connect with these but each user shares the profile settings and would be able to print to other user's printers.

Marc

 

[nixu]

Hi there,

The 2X application Client can get a list of applications without entering any credentials. This can be done by disabling Authentication (2X console, connection Settings, Publishing agent, Authentication).


As the user clicks on the application, the TS logon screen will requite some sort of authentication to give the user a session.

What i suggest is to create a dummy user so all users will log onto the terminal server with the same credentials. Then you application can uses its own authentication.

Nixu

 

[marcs]

Nixu,

I see the usefulness in you post, but using a dummy user in this manner would be functionally the same as configuring these credentials on the RDP-tcp logon configuration page in tscc. These users would share the same profile and have access to connected local resources of others, i.e. printers.

With Citrix, you can publish the application anonymously (that is to say publish the application with anonymous credentials) and each session has its own profile (anon001, anon002, and so on). The user first logs into the Citrix Web and then just clicks the anonymous app. Or you can just access the app by accessing the url that points to the ica file directly and there is no authentication at all.

So I was hoping that 2X could do the same type of thing.

Marc