On 07-11-2012 12:57, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in
Ubuntu) it all works fine. When my boss opens the file in Windows an
error-message pops-up saying that he can only open a copy or in Read-Only mode.
It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open. Then my boss
changes the name, edits the document, saves and closes. Then when i open the
new version of the document it tells me i can only open in Read Only (or a
copy)!
It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make
backups and i am gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than
filename-draft.doc
filename-final.doc
filename-FINAL.doc
filename-revised.doc
filename-final.doc
in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of
documents that could be about anything. Draft does not always come first and may even be
the final and revised might be a revised draft or just be a draft. Hence frequent shouts
of "so which one am i supposed to open?". It's slow going but at least we seem
to make occasional steps forwards.
So, i am not sure i really want to fix the problem but it's one of the excuses
some of my colleagues use to revert to inferior products instead of going with
LO.
Regards from
Tom :)
Make sure permissions are set correctly.....
If i create a document on my shared drive (a linux system) from my
Windows computer, its created like this:
(from the command-prompt on linux:)
luuk@opensuse:~/tmp> ls -l test.odt
-rwxr--r-- 1 luuk users 8949 Nov 8 20:53 test.odt
You, of course, notice the '-rwxr--r--' ath the start?
The first 'rws' means the owner ('luuk') can read and write
The second 'r--' means the group ('users') can read
The third 'r--' meand the world can read
If your boss opens, and saves under a different name, the owner of this
new file will be your boss.... ;)
Learn about unix rights, and your problems will solve itself.....
( read:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-set-permissions-to-samba-shares.html
)
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