test outbound UDP traffic from citrix netscaler

I needed a way to test outbound UDP traffic from citrix netscaler to prove traffic was working.

Normally I would use telnet for a quick TCP port check or the "nc" command but nc was not available on NetScaler and I could not install. I was able to test like so

Log into citrix netscaller

"shell" to get into CLI mode

echo -n "Test from 192.168.0.10" > /dev/udp/172.30.50.50/514

This sent UDP traffic from 192.168.0.10 (citrix) to 172.30.50.50 (logserver) on UDP port 514 (syslog)

I was able to see it arrive in my wireshark capture on 172.30.50.50

pipe not working in citrix reciever on linux mint

What a pain, someone figured it out.

OS Keyboard: Irish
~/.ICAClient/wfclient.ini :British
~/.ICAClient/wfclient.ini : KeyboardMappingFile = automatic.kbd
Terminal Server Regional Settings: Irish (this is the citrix desktop you log onto)
Works.

http://andrewmorgan.ie/2015/10/citrix-receiver-for-mac-and-british-keyboard-tomfoolery/

taking over a users session in citrix

Go to the citrix web interface 

Login as an admin user

Login to the citrix server that the user’s session is on

Start -> run -> tsadmin.msc (or use the tscon commandline)

Right click on the users session and click connect you will have to enter the users password