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-<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. Common errors"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 3. Specific client application problems</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-Install.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-errors.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="FAQ-ClientApp"></a>Chapter 3. 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#id2815105">MS Office Setup reports &quot;Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'&quot;</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2815137">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2882001">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="id2815105"></a>MS Office Setup reports &quot;Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'&quot;</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+<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. Common errors"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 3. Specific client application problems</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FAQ-Install.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FAQ-errors.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="FAQ-ClientApp"></a>Chapter 3. 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#id2818225">MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2818256">How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.</a></dt><dt><a href="FAQ-ClientApp.html#id2816621">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="id2818225"></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.
@@ -8,9 +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 &quot;chown -R&quot;
+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="id2815137"></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="id2818256"></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
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ set the following parameters on the share containing it:
[MSOP95]
path = /where_you_put_it
comment = Your comment
- volume = &quot;The_CD_ROM_Label&quot;
+ volume = "The_CD_ROM_Label"
read only = yes
available = yes
share modes = no
@@ -44,8 +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">\\&quot;Server_Name&quot;\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="id2882001"></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="id2816621"></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><p>
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