Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

Tom,

Not just windows. I had a similar problem with, I can't remember if it 
was LibreOffice or OpenOffice on Linux years ago. After I installed it 
as root, I discovered the system directory permissions were all changed 
to 400 or some such - which means only the owner (root) can read them - 
no write or execute for anybody. Needless to say, that brought my system 
down and I too, had to do a lot of manual file permission changes. Thank 
goodness for the "-R" argument to "chmod" to change all recursively. 
From then on, I always build/package programs as a normal user first, 
not root. That way I get a lot of "Permission Denied" messages if some 
package installation is ill-behaved. My packaging scripts also change 
all package file permissions and owners to sane values before it is 
packaged. Since I instituted this policy, I have not had my system 
compromised by bad packages, and I build hundreds of them. Once bitten, 
twice shy.

Girvin Herr



On 07/09/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> There was a Win 10 update that messed up the permissions in one of the
> places i volunteer at.
>
> I have no idea how to fix it.  I think we went through each individual
> folder to reset the permissions but that sounds like a very inefficient and
> highly error-prone way of trying to fix it generally.  Still, 'everyone'
> loves Windows.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 9 July 2017 at 17:46, Tom Williams <tomdkat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 07/08/2017 02:56 AM, MICHAEL HELY wrote:
> > > I am having trouble with this suite.   Normally I have been able to
> > open, amend, and save a document without any problem.    However, in the
> > last week or so I can only open a document in read-only form.   To change
> > the contents I have to open a copy for editing, save that under a different
> > name, delete the original, and then rename the new document to fit in with
> > my filing system.     This is time consuming, and very inconvenient.
> > > The only event that I can identify as a possible cause is that about the
> > same time there was an automatic update to Windows 10, and there might be
> > some incompatablity between the updated Windows and LibreOffice.    (I have
> > since installed the latest update to LibreOffice5, but to no avail;  the
> > problem is still there).    However that is only a wild guess!     I would
> > be grateful for your advice and a remedy
> > > regards
> > > M. Hely
> > I have two basic questions:
> >
> >   1. Have you confirmed the original file wasn't already "read-only"
> >      before attempting to open it?
> >   2. Are you opening files from the file system or directly from an email
> >      attachment?
> >
> >
> > These are things you have probably already thought of but I want to ask
> > anyway.  :)   I've run LibreOffice 5 on a couple of Windows 10 systems
> > and have been able to open, edit, and save documents without issue.
> >
> > Peace...
> >
> > "The Other" Tom
> >
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