Hi, if there is anybody that installed msoffice on a samba share, then I have a question for you (if you're willing to answer them...): are there any special permissions I need to set? I installed msoffice on a share and when I quit Word 97, it comes back with an error that it can't write to \\share\msoffice\off. When I press cancel and try to quit again, it tries to save my normal.dot file. Any suggestions? thanks for the help, Franky -- Franky Van Liedekerke, BSC System Support Webmaster Dep.: VA94 Tel.: (32)3/450 3277 Fax : (32)3/450 3558 mailto:liedekef@mcd.alcatel.be
Read Application_Serving.txt in the ./doc directory. It explains how to setup Samba for MS Office applications. On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:> Hi, > > if there is anybody that installed msoffice on a samba share, then > I have a question for you (if you're willing to answer them...): > > are there any special permissions I need to set? I installed > msoffice on a share and when I quit Word 97, it comes back with > an error that it can't write to \\share\msoffice\off. When I press > cancel and try to quit again, it tries to save my normal.dot file. > Any suggestions? > > > thanks for the help, > > Franky > > > -- > Franky Van Liedekerke, > BSC System Support > Webmaster > Dep.: VA94 > Tel.: (32)3/450 3277 > Fax : (32)3/450 3558 > mailto:liedekef@mcd.alcatel.be >--------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tim Winders, CNE | Email: twinders@SPC.cc.tx.us | | Network Administrator | Phone: 806-894-9611 x 2369 | | South Plains College | Fax: 806-897-4711 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------
IIRC, this is a Office 97 issue. I recall an earlier discussion (not on this list) where someone was trying to test Office 97. Unfortunately, Office 97 tries to open an entire boat-load of files as Read/Write which causes some substantial problems running it off the network. Again, this is very old, hersey information, so I may be incorrect.> if there is anybody that installed msoffice on a samba share, then > I have a question for you (if you're willing to answer them...): > > are there any special permissions I need to set? I installed > msoffice on a share and when I quit Word 97, it comes back with > an error that it can't write to \\share\msoffice\off. When I press > cancel and try to quit again, it tries to save my normal.dot file. > Any suggestions?