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diff --git a/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml b/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 6d687bf772..0000000000 --- a/docs/docbook/faq/clientapp.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,101 +0,0 @@ -<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> - -<sect1> -<title>How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</title> - -<para> -Microsoft Office products can be installed as an administrative installation -from which the application can either be run off the administratively installed -product that resides on a shared resource, or from which that product can be -installed onto workstation clients. -</para> - -<para> -The general mechanism for implementing an adminstrative installation involves -running <command>X:\setup /A</command>, where X is the drive letter of either CDROM or floppy. -</para> - -<para> -This installation process will NOT install the product for use per se, but -rather results in unpacking of the compressed distribution files into a target -shared folder. For this process you need write privilidge to the share and it -is desirable to enable file locking and share mode operation during this -process. -</para> - -<para> -Subsequent installation of MS Office from this share will FAIL unless certain -precautions are taken. This failure will be caused by share mode operation -which will prevent the MS Office installation process from re-opening various -dynamic link library files and will cause sporadic file not found problems. -</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para> -As soon as the administrative installation (unpacking) has completed -set the following parameters on the share containing it: -</para> - -<para><programlisting> - [MSOP95] - path = /where_you_put_it - comment = Your comment - volume = "The_CD_ROM_Label" - read only = yes - available = yes - share modes = no - locking = no - browseable = yes - public = yes -</programlisting></para> - -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Now you are ready to run the setup program from the Microsoft Windows -workstation as follows: <command>\\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup</command> -</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Microsoft Access database opening errors</title> - -<para> -Here are some notes on running MS-Access on a Samba drive from <ulink url="stefank@esi.com.au">Stefan Kjellberg</ulink> -</para> - -<para><simplelist> -<member>Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.</member> -<member>Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'</member> -<member>Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)</member> -</simplelist> -</para> - -</sect1> -</chapter> |