[libreoffice-users] Re: --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu

The folder is owned by the same user that is executing the command, so I
don't think that's an issue. It would be ideal if there was a way to find
out what the actual permissions error is. Is there a log file or a verbose
option to get this information? Trying lots of things without knowing the
details of the issue is quite inefficient.


On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Jay Lozier [via Document Foundation Mail
Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4046769h64@n3.nabble.com> wrote:

> On 03/28/2013 01:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > It might have made a difference if he didn't have read/write access to
> the folder or something dumb like that.  Also it's something quick to try
> and beats just tearing your hair out.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> sudo chown blah to change ownership of the folder - I have to look the
> exact switches, etc. I have seen this issue crop up occasionally were a
> folder tree does not have the permissions set to allow something like
> this.
>
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Jay Lozier <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046769&i=0>>
>
> > > To: Kieran Peckett <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046769&i=1>>
>
> > > Cc: [hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046769&i=2>
> > > Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 17:26
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on
> Ubuntu
> > > Keieran
> > >
> > > I missed that last night - good catch
> > >
> > > On 03/28/2013 12:51 PM, Kieran Peckett wrote:
> > > > How would that make a difference? Isn't that what he means when he
> > > > said it wouldn't work as SU? - either that or he ran "sudo su" before
> > > > running the command, so I doubt that that is th problem.
> > > >
> > > > On 28/03/2013, Jay Lozier <[hidden 
> > > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046769&i=3>>
> wrote:
> > > > > On 03/27/2013 10:57 PM, Graham Glass wrote:
> > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just downloaded libreoffice 4 and installed it on a Mac (Lion) and
> > > > > > Linux
> > > > > > (Ubuntu). On the Mac, everything works exactly as I expected, and I
> can
> > > > > > easily convert documents to pdfs using the command line tool like
> this:
> > > > > > /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --headless
> > > > > > --convert-to
> > > > > > pdf sample.ppt
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However, on Unbuntu, when I execute the equivalent command, it
> always
> > > > > > fails
> > > > > > quickly and silently with exit code 77 (Permission denied).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice --headless --convert-to pdf
> > > > > > sample.ppt
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This failure happens regardless of whether I am a regular user or
> > > > > > superuser.
> > > > > > I am not running libreoffice via a user interface, and this command
> is
> > > > > > being
> > > > > > executed on an Amazon EC2 headless machine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can someone offer any advice, either a method to get more error
> > > > > > information
> > > > > > (such as a log file or a verbose flag) so I can figure out what's
> going
> > > > > > on?
> > > > > > I'm sure it's a simple issue, but right now the lack of error
> reporting
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > making it hard to get the issue resolved.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > Graham
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > > Graham,
> > > > >
> > > > > Try the command prefixed with sudo.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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