--- Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 October 2005 12:17 pm, Colin Sharpe
> wrote:
> > I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 on my Sun
> Ultrasparc 1
> > running Solaris 9 OS.
> >
> > I installed the program in
> /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.4 as
> > root.
> >
> > The program runs perfectly as root, and I am able
> to
> > open existing .doc files,create new files, and
> save
> > them. I can also print out documents.
> >
> > I then did workstation installs for myself and my
> > wife, logged in as myself and my wife
> respectively, in
> > /export/home/colin and /export/home/kim. After
> logging
> > out and in again, Office appeared under
> applications
> > on the Gnome desktops of each user. I can start
> > OpenOffice writer by clicking on the item from
> both
> > user desktops.
> >
> > When I tried to open an existing document, I
> received
> > an error message:
> >
> > "Error loading document
> > file:///export/home/colin/sharperes.doc.
> > Error creating object.
> > The file could not be created."
> >
> > I am the owner of the document, and permissions
> are
> > -rwxr-xr-x.
> >
> > I then tried to write a new document, I tried to
> "Save
> > as", entered a name for the file, and received an
> > error message:
> >
> > "Error saving the document Untitled1:
> > Write Error.
> > The file could not be written"
> >
> > The attempt was made to write the file to
> > /export/home/colin, which I own,.and has
> permissions
> > drwxr-xr-x.
> >
> > What on earth is going wrong, or how have I messed
> up
> > the installation?
> >
> > I hope I have given enough information to help
> someone
> > solve this for me.
> >
> > Colin Sharpe.
> Who is the owner of /export/home/colin/ ? If it
> is root as I suspect,
> then you, as a user, do not have writing privileges
> to this folder. It
> seem to be a matter of setting the proper
> permissions to this folder.
>
> Dan
>
Thanks, Dan but...
As I said in my post, I (colin) am the owner of
/export/home/colin. I really would have problems
doing anything on my computer if I couldn't write to
my home directory. I am not a user who does anything
as root unless it is absolutely necessary. I was
taught this when I first learned UNIX admin some 15
years ago..
Here is what comes out when I do a directory listing:
garcia% ls -l /export/home
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 50 colin other 3072 Oct 16 07:18
colin
drwxr-xr-x 18 kim other 1024 Oct 14 17:16
kim
drwx------ 7 root root 8192 Apr 26 20:01
lost+found
garcia%
The machine name "garcia" is from my habit of naming
Sun machines after dead rock stars, my other home Sun
is "elvis". As you probably know, when I enter the
command "ping elvis", the system responds: "elvis is
alive". I think this is cute.
I am still at a total loss as to what to look for
next.
Any other suggestions?
Colin.
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