https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150118
Bug ID: 150118
Summary: Different behavior opening files having read-only
permissions on Windows vs. Linux
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: mikekagan...@hotmail.com
Open a file that has no read-only *attribute*, but that is located in a
directory that has read-only permissions for the given user. For example, use a
document from share:
on Windows, it is at C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\template\shellnew
on Ubuntu, it is at opt/libreoffice7.3/share/template/common/internal
Both locations on both OSes are non-writable for non-elevated user. Or an empty
document could be created in such a location as a root/admin for testing.
Trying to open a document from such a document in LibreOffice on Ubuntu opens
the document in read-only mode (with an infobar), without any dialogs.
Trying to open a document from such a document in LibreOffice on Windows first
opens a dialog:
> Document file 'soffice.odt' is locked for editing by:
>
> Unknown User
>
> Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing.
> Select Notify to open read-only and get notified when the document becomes
> editable.
On Windows, if the document in such a location *in addition* gets a read-only
*file attribute*, like running 'attrib +R "C:\Program
Files\LibreOffice\share\template\shellnew\soffice.odt"' as admin, it starts
opening the same way as on Linux: without any dialog, right into read-only mode
with an infobar.
It is likely because on Linux, the permissions are connected to file
attributes, while on Windows, ACL is unrelated to attributes; but the
difference in behavior in conceptually similar (same) situations is confusing
and inconvenient. E.g., it results in inconvenience (unneeded dialogs) when
opening files from read-only locations, like in
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/read-only-is-on-purpose-but-libreoffice-always-ask-what-i-want-to-do/79795.
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