We have encountered an anomaly that appears to be related somehow to
Samba. When users are moved to the new domain hosted by Samba4.3 then
the numlock on their keyboards is always turned off when they log onto
the domain regardless of its previous setting. This in itself is just
a nuisance. However we have an application called SnetTerm, an ssh
client, which will not recognise the numlock at all when run by a user
logged into the new domain. The numeric keypad is useless as such in
this case.
As this program is required by an external service bureau which is
essential to our operations we need to have this problem solved.
Has anyone encountered numlock issues stemming from Samba or Win2008r?
I do not know how else to phrase the question. The exact same program
used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit this issue when
the station belongs to and is logged on to the old domain.
Sincerely,
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:14:36PM -0400, James B. Byrne via samba wrote:> > We have encountered an anomaly that appears to be related somehow to > Samba. When users are moved to the new domain hosted by Samba4.3 then > the numlock on their keyboards is always turned off when they log onto > the domain regardless of its previous setting. This in itself is just > a nuisance. However we have an application called SnetTerm, an ssh > client, which will not recognise the numlock at all when run by a user > logged into the new domain. The numeric keypad is useless as such in > this case. > > As this program is required by an external service bureau which is > essential to our operations we need to have this problem solved. > > Has anyone encountered numlock issues stemming from Samba or Win2008r? > I do not know how else to phrase the question. The exact same program > used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit this issue when > the station belongs to and is logged on to the old domain.Wow, that is the strangest thing I've heard in a while. Does this help ? http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Customization/EnablingtheNumLockKey.html
On 8/12/2016 1:25 PM, Jeremy Allison via samba wrote:> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:14:36PM -0400, James B. Byrne via samba wrote: >> We have encountered an anomaly that appears to be related somehow to >> Samba. When users are moved to the new domain hosted by Samba4.3 then >> the numlock on their keyboards is always turned off when they log onto >> the domain regardless of its previous setting. This in itself is just >> a nuisance. However we have an application called SnetTerm, an ssh >> client, which will not recognise the numlock at all when run by a user >> logged into the new domain. The numeric keypad is useless as such in >> this case. >> >> As this program is required by an external service bureau which is >> essential to our operations we need to have this problem solved. >> >> Has anyone encountered numlock issues stemming from Samba or Win2008r? >> I do not know how else to phrase the question. The exact same program >> used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit this issue when >> the station belongs to and is logged on to the old domain. > Wow, that is the strangest thing I've heard in a while. > > Does this help ? > > http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Customization/EnablingtheNumLockKey.html >I would also search the registry for the key 'InitialKeyboardIndicators'. Does 'SnetTerm' run using the 'Local System' or 'NT Authority' accounts? You may find this key set in your registry for them as well. -- -James
On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, James B. Byrne via samba wrote:> Has anyone encountered numlock issues stemming from Samba or Win2008r? > I do not know how else to phrase the question. The exact same program > used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit this issue when > the station belongs to and is logged on to the old domain.Does the new domain have any GPOs or log-on scripts which could be disabling numlock?
On Fri, August 12, 2016 13:25, Jeremy Allison wrote:> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:14:36PM -0400, James B. Byrne via samba > wrote: >> >> We have encountered an anomaly that appears to be related >> somehow to Samba. When users are moved to the new domain >> hosted by Samba4.3 then the numlock on their keyboards is >> always turned off when they log onto the domain regardless >> of its previous setting. This in itself is just a nuisance. >> However we have an application called SnetTerm, an ssh >> client, which will not recognise the numlock at all when run >> by a user logged into the new domain. The numeric keypad is >> useless as such in this case. >> > Wow, that is the strangest thing I've heard in a while. > > Does this help ? > > http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Customization/EnablingtheNumLockKey.htmlYes it does. Thank you. I had already uncovered the registry setting method. However, having a logon script do it is preferable to using regedit on every single user account. On Fri, August 12, 2016 14:18, Sketch wrote:> On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, James B. Byrne via samba wrote: > >> Has anyone encountered numlock issues stemming from Samba or >> Win2008r? >> I do not know how else to phrase the question. The exact same >> program used on the exact same workstation does not exhibit >> this issue when the station belongs to and is logged on to >> the old domain. > > Does the new domain have any GPOs or log-on scripts which could be > disabling numlock? >This a new Samba install and fresh domain. To the best of my recollection the only GPO manually set has to do with passwords. I have not added any logon scripts yet. We have dealt with the logon issue, see above, but still have no clue what is going on in SnetTerm. It is obviously an application issue but I have not yet found anything in its settings that point to numlock. Thanks for the help. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3