From cad70ca6eda6498db9acdae97fade2c615c3ce5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:13:10 +0000 Subject: Regenerate docs (This used to be commit b78c6ee1d155f255d329899c237281c7cf662260) --- docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/faq/FAQ-ClientApp.html') 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 @@ - -Chapter 3. Specific client application problems
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MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"
How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.
Microsoft Access database opening errors

MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"

+Chapter 3. Specific client application problems

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MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"
How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.
Microsoft Access database opening errors

MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\\MSOFFICE\\SETUP.INI'"

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.

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. -

How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.

+

How to use a Samba share as an administrative share for MS Office, etc.

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

  • Now you are ready to run the setup program from the Microsoft Windows -workstation as follows: \\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup -

    • Microsoft Access database opening errors

    +workstation as follows: \\"Server_Name"\MSOP95\msoffice\setup +

    Microsoft Access database opening errors

    Here are some notes on running MS-Access on a Samba drive from Stefan Kjellberg -

    Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.
    Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'
    Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)
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    Opening a database in 'exclusive' mode does NOT work. Samba ignores r/w/share modes on file open.
    Make sure that you open the database as 'shared' and to 'lock modified records'
    Of course locking must be enabled for the particular share (smb.conf)

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