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diff --git a/docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html b/docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html index 351e88acfa..3193311d1f 100644 --- a/docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html +++ b/docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 3. Specific client application problems</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="samba-faq.html" title="Samba FAQ"><link rel="up" href="samba-faq.html" title="Samba FAQ"><link rel="previous" href="FAQ-Install.html" title="Chapter 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host"><link rel="next" href="FAQ-errors.html" title="Chapter 4. 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Specific client application problems</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2816576">MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2815108">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2816253">Microsoft Access database opening errors</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816576"></a>MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 3. 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Specific client application problems</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2868727">MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2815168">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2874026">Microsoft Access database opening errors</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2868727"></a>MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> 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. @@ -9,9 +8,9 @@ permissions The problem is that MS Office Setup checks that a file is rdonly by trying to open it for writing. </p><p> 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" +You just have to install as a non-admin user and then use "chown -R" to fix the owner. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2815108"></a>How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2815168"></a>How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> 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 @@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ set the following parameters on the share containing it: [MSOP95] path = /where_you_put_it comment = Your comment - volume = "The_CD_ROM_Label" + volume = "The_CD_ROM_Label" read only = yes available = yes share modes = no @@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ set the following parameters on the share containing it: browseable = yes public = yes </pre></li><li><p>Now you are ready to run the setup program from the Microsoft Windows -workstation as follows: <b class="command">\\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup</b> -</p></li></ul></div></div><div xmlns:ns3="" class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2816253"></a>Microsoft Access database opening errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +workstation as follows: <b class="command">\\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup</b> +</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2874026"></a>Microsoft Access database opening errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Here are some notes on running MS-Access on a Samba drive from <a href="stefank@esi.com.au" target="_top">Stefan Kjellberg</a> -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.</td></tr><tr><td>Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'</td></tr><tr><td>Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)</td></tr></table><ns3:p> -</ns3:p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-Install.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="samba-faq.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-errors.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 2. Compiling and installing Samba on a Unix host </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="samba-faq.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 4. Common errors</td></tr></table></div></body></html> +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.</td></tr><tr><td>Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'</td></tr><tr><td>Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)</td></tr></table><p> +</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-Install.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="samba-faq.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-errors.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 2. 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