[Samba] Excel opens files as read-only
I just read your posting on Samba regarding excel sheets opening as Read Only. I had a similar problem on my network, and found the share permissions at the root of the network drive the files were on was too limited. After changing the SHARE permissions from Read Only to Read and Change, then trying to open the excel files again, they opened properly. Tracy -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Excel opens files as read-only
Edvard Fagerholm wrote: Hello! A few users on my network has complained about Excel opening files as read-only. What is weird is that the files aren't. I can open such a file using notepad and write to it, but when the same file is opened in Excel, Excel says it's read-only. Anyone know what the problem is? Workstations run WinXP and office is 2k3. These files are shared between many users, but I don't think it's a locking problem, because I checked that no one else was accessing the files at the same time. Saw something like this (it may not be entirely the same) and was able to reproduce it pretty easily... user_a : create excel file and put something in it, then save, close! user_b : open file, make changes, save, close! user_a : open file ... file will be read only! This seemed to happen because of some semantics that MS office uses when updating a file... Worked around it with "force security mode = 0200" and "dos filemode = yes" Try it out, like I said, it may not be entirely same issue! Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Excel opens files as read-only
Hello! A few users on my network has complained about Excel opening files as read-only. What is weird is that the files aren't. I can open such a file using notepad and write to it, but when the same file is opened in Excel, Excel says it's read-only. Anyone know what the problem is? Workstations run WinXP and office is 2k3. These files are shared between many users, but I don't think it's a locking problem, because I checked that no one else was accessing the files at the same time. Regards, Edvard -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
