fde wrote: > Hi, > I have a lot of problems to use OOo2 over the lan with mixed operating > systems (windows xp / linux debian) and a samba server (v3.0.24) to > share files, those are the tests I've done: > > 1) I open a documents with OOo2.3 under linux/smbfs and I open the same > document under: > windows xp/office2003 and it is NOT in read-only mode (not fine) > windows xp/OOo2.3 and it is in read-only mode (OK) > linux/openoffice2.0 with smbfs and it is NOT in read-only mode (not > fine) > linux/openoffice2.0 with cifs and it is in read-only mode (OK) > > 2) I open the document with OOo2.3 under linux/cifs and: > windows/office2003 says "access denied" (not fine) > windows/OOo2.3 says "access denied" (not fine) > linux/OOo2.0 with cifs and it is in read-only mode (OK) > > so my question is: > Can I use OOo2 on lan with mixed operating system ? > is this a bug ?
This is hard to answer. I think after several years of experience I can say: it's close to impossible to maintain a correct "file locking" state in a heterogenous networks, especially if several applications running on different operating systems access the same files. Sometimes it's a bug in the particular setup of one of the file servers, sometimes it's an OS bug, sometimes it's an OOo bug. Even with fixing the OOo bugs we wouldn't get it running correctly under all circumstances. So the question comes up whether sticking to modes of operation that don't work in several network configurations just because people are used to it in their local file system (mainly on Windows) is appropriate. In future versions of OOo we most probably will give up file locking and instead will implement something comparable to the MSOffice way (storing information about users accessing files near or in the file and informing other users about the concurrent access). This will also open the path for simple (non server based) collaboration features. Please read: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/collaboration_for_calc_with_shared At the end we are making software for users and not against operating systems or file servers. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
