CTX_SmaUser Re-creation Tool

CtxSma20.exe Version 2.0

Created Date: 10/17/2006
Updated Date: 05/07/2007

Description

Important Note: This tool is the new version of the retired tool Ctx_Sma 1.1, if you have this version please replace it with the tool in the article.

The Citrix SMA Service and the Citrix Print Manager Service are configured to be started by a local user created during the installation of Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 called Ctx_SmaUser. If this user account is deleted or corrupted, printer autocreation may fail. SMA alerts are not sent and/or client printing does not function properly. The Citrix SMA Service and/or the Citrix Print Manager service cannot be started.

CtxSma20.exe is a command line tool that re-creates (if deleted) the Ctx_SmaUser account and checks and assigns all required access permissions.

This tool implements the exact same procedure described in article CTX106393 – Required Permissions and Rights for the Ctx_SmaUser Account. Refer to this article for detailed information to understand how the tool works.

It also adds some new features, like supporting renamed/re-created ICA-TCP listeners.

CtxSma20.exe is platform language-independent; it can be run on any language/Multilingual User Interface (MUI) package-installed server running Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003.

What is new in version 2.0

• Administrator right checking. Only administrator group members can run the tool.

• MetaFrame server version control allows the tool to run on only Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 servers and not on earlier or later versions.

How To Use CtxSma20.exe

Run the tool from a command line without any parameters. You must run CtxSma20.exe under a console that is not in any remote sessions. CtxSma20 gives some user feedback while it progresses.

Citrix highly recommends restarting the servers regardless of the platform (both Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003) after the tool runs.

Installing CtxSma20.exe

Download the archive to a local workstation, unzip the archive, and run the application from a command prompt or from a batch file.

Uninstalling CtxSma20.exe

To uninstall this utility, delete CtxSma20.exe.

Disclaimer

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