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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Application_Serving.txt b/docs/textdocs/Application_Serving.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6a61a99d7e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/textdocs/Application_Serving.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +Contributed: January 7, 1997 +Updated: March 24, 1998 +Contributor: John H Terpstra <samba@samba.org> + Copyright (C) 1997 - John H Terpstra +Status: Current + +Subject: Using a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc. +============================================================================== + +Problem: +======== +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. + +The general mechanism for implementing an adminstrative installation involves +running: + X:\setup /A, where X is the drive letter of either CDROM or floppy + +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. + +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. + +Solution: +========= +1. As soon as the administrative installation (unpacking) has completed + set the following parameters on the share containing it: + [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 + +2. Now you are ready to run the setup program from the Microsoft Windows +workstation as follows:- + \\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup + +MS Office Sharing - Please note: +================================ + +Workgroup Templates should be stored on an ordinary writable or read-only share +but USER templates MUST be stored on a writable share _OR_ on the users' local +machine. |