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diff --git a/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml b/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9bb7cb320f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +<chapter id="ClientApp"> +<title>Specific client application problems</title> + +<sect1> +<title>MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\MSOFFICE\SETUP.INI'"</title> +<para> +When installing MS Office on a Samba drive for which you have admin +user permissions, ie. admin users = username, you will find the +setup program unable to complete the installation. +</para> + +<para> +To get around this problem, do the installation without admin user +permissions The problem is that MS Office Setup checks that a file is +rdonly by trying to open it for writing. +</para> + +<para> +Admin users can always open a file for writing, as they run as root. +You just have to install as a non-admin user and then use "chown -R" +to fix the owner. +</para> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |