<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Samba FAQ: Specific client application problems</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="sambafaq-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="sambafaq-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="sambafaq.html#toc4">Table of Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s4">4. Specific client application problems</A></H2> <P> <A NAME="client_problems"></A> </P> <H2><A NAME="ss4.1">4.1 MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\MSOFFICE\SETUP.INI'"</A></H2> <P> <A NAME="cant_change_properties"></A> 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.</P> <P>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.</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" to fix the owner.</P> <HR> <A HREF="sambafaq-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="sambafaq-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="sambafaq.html#toc4">Table of Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>