Hi :)
Ahh, thanks.  I'm not sure why it doesn't happen with other programs but i 
think you are onto the answer there.  I'll read your link later.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)  





>________________________________
> From: Luuk <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected] 
>Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012, 20:13
>Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: locked in other OS
> 
>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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