David Walter wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 09:16 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote:
>> David Walter wrote:
>> 
>> > I am new to this list and to Open Office, so please forgive me if this
>> > has been answered before.  I manage a small network with mixed Windows
>> > and Linux machines.  I have begun experimenting with Open Office in the
>> > hope that I can migrate all the machines away from Microsoft Office. 
>> > 
>> > The problem I am having is that I cannot save any Open Office document
>> > to a shared Windows network folder on our Windows 2003 server.  If I
>> > try, I get an error dialog saying something like "the document cannot be
>> > saved because it does not exist."  "Save as" does not work either. The
>> > only way I can store OO documents on the server is to first save them on
>> > the local drive and then copy them to the server.  The shared folder on
>> > the server allows all users to create, modify, and delete files, and I
>> > have no problem doing so using MS Office or any other program.  This
>> > problem has occurred on both of the Windows XP computers I have
>> > attempted to use.  I have not integrated the Linux machines completely
>> > as yet, so I cannot comment on them.
>> > 
>> > Any light that could be shed would be most appreciated.
>> 
>> I'm not sure if I understood correctly: the locations you can't save to
>> are on a Windows server, not on a Linux server? Or do you also have
>> problems writing to directories on a Linux server?
> 
> The locations I can't save to are shared folders that I have set up on a
> Windows 2003 server.  I do not as yet have a Linux server, (but that
> might be the next addition to my little network.)  Our network is not
> set up as a fully qualified domain - it consists of two workgroups in
> more or less a peer to peer setting.  
> The server does act as a file and application server for our accounting
> program.  As I said, I am no networking expert, so it could be the way
> the network is organized.  It looks like I need to crack open the books.

Just one more question (maybe already answered though I didn't find it
in the mails): is this drive a mapped drive or did you access it through
"Network Neighborhood" or UNC path name?

And did I understand correctly that you can't save existing documents as
well as new documents to that place?

Have you tried filemon to get a log of possible errors?

Best regards,
Mathias

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