On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 12:16 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 14:51 -0400, JohnS wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 10:43 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 11:02 -0400, JohnS wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 06:39 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 00:42 -0400, JohnS wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 16:32 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote:
> > > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So now it seems what I have is an Openoffice problem. It writes odt
> > > > > > > files just fine via nfs but not doc files.
> > > > > > > Must be a micro$oft conspiracy.
> > > > > > > I'll take this off list as it does not appear to be a CentOS issue.
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # file locking now enabled by default
> > > > > > SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
> > > > > > export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Comment those two lines out and try that. An alternative is to use
> > > > > > Samba instead of NFS. I had that problem on NFS also a while ago.
> > > > > ----
> > > > > perhaps as a test but that is a bad idea for every day usage.
> > > > >
> > > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > Correct, but I only use that on a NFS server at home and not on
> > > > production client machines. Production client I have using samba.
> > > ----
> > > I can assure you from my own home usage that if I have file open on
> > > Linux (Fedora) desktop system, files are mounted from CentOS server via
> > > NFS mount and Windows uses samba from same CentOS server and if either
> > > is using an ODF or XLS or DOC file, the other will be notified that the
> > > file is locked and offered to open a copy or read-only. Locking
> > > semantics seems to work perfectly among systems.
> > >
> > > Craig
> > ---
> > This is the older Open Office Version 2. This was not a samba or nfs
> > problem. Since it has been fixed in Open Office but not my end. Does
> > that explain my usage? I don't have the time to get to many of my own
> > things. :-)
> ----
> there is little reason to be running OOo 2.x any longer
>
> Craig
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Ha Ha come on over and Update for me :-)
John
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