On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 14:59 +0300, Thodoris wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 14:28 +0300, Thodoris wrote: > > > > > Hi guys. I am having a problem with opening xls files from a link > > > generated from php script. Let me analyze this: > > > > > > I have two linux servers with apache (php,mysql etc) that are running > > > the same project. There is a part in this project that reads all the > > > files from a directory and generates the appropriate links to them. > > > These files are usually spreadsheets (xls) and when I open a file using > > > the link on the first machine it opens normally but when I open the file > > > from the second it is opened read only. > > > > > > I have checked the rights and the ownership and they are the exact same > > > from the servers document root to the file itself. > > > > > > Any ideas why is this happening? > > > > > > -- > > > Thodoris > > > > > > > > > > > Do you have the spreadsheet opened on both machines at the same time? If > > so, then as far as I know there is no way to prevent it short of > > versioning software. The first person opening a M$ Office document marks > > it as read-only for anyone else who later opens it at the same time. As > > soon as the first person closes it, it gets marked write-allowed. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > No that is not the case since every server is completely independent > from the other. That is why I was comparing the configuration and the > rights. In addition to this I said that these are linux servers. > > The weird is that apache opens the files and sends them and openoffice > takes the file and opens it. There is a difference in that procedure > between the two that make the office to open the file as read only > that I am not aware of. > -- > Thodoris I don't think you understood my response and I didn't really understand yours. Are you saying that you have two configurations, with two servers and two workstations that should be acting the same and aren't? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
