[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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