zfs discuss - Jun 2009 - how to prevent that two clients open the same document

Hi There,

We''re running the latest OpenSolaris version with the build-in CIFS
service.

We experienced the problem that some users were opening the same Excel document
at the same time. One was using MS Excel, the other one OpenOffice. This happend
by accident. At the end, both weren''t able to save it.

What can I do to prevent that this happens again?

Before, when the majority was using MS Excel, this problem never occured,
instead the user got an error message, that informed her/him, that the document
was already in use and it opened in read-only mode.

thanks alot!
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Tobs wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> We''re running the latest OpenSolaris version with the build-in
CIFS service.
>
> We experienced the problem that some users were opening the same Excel
document at the same time. One was using MS Excel, the other one OpenOffice.
This happend by accident. At the end, both weren''t able to save it.
>
> What can I do to prevent that this happens again?
>
> Before, when the majority was using MS Excel, this problem never occured,
instead the user got an error message, that informed her/him, that the document
was already in use and it opened in read-only mode.
>   
Could this be an OpenOffice bug?


./C

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http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=91015

* Summary:  	data loss using concurently OOo3 and another editor in the 
same network

Also searching for openoffice and locking yields quite a bit of insight.

..Remco

C. Bergstr?m wrote:
> Tobs wrote:
>> Hi There,
>>
>> We''re running the latest OpenSolaris version with the build-in
CIFS
>> service.
>>
>> We experienced the problem that some users were opening the same Excel 
>> document at the same time. One was using MS Excel, the other one 
>> OpenOffice. This happend by accident. At the end, both weren''t
able to
>> save it.
>>
>> What can I do to prevent that this happens again?
>>
>> Before, when the majority was using MS Excel, this problem never 
>> occured, instead the user got an error message, that informed her/him, 
>> that the document was already in use and it opened in read-only mode.
>>   
> Could this be an OpenOffice bug?
> 
> 
> ./C
> 
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