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 --- Ha Ha come on over and Update for me :-) John