Excel 'save as HTML' problem with Samba 2.0

[Sunny Hwang Guzman]

We are also using Excel97 SR2.
Description of my system: Samba-2.0.0 on Compac Proliant x86 running Solaris
2.6

On Apr 15,  9:00am, Ben Kosse wrote:
> Subject: RE: Excel 'save as HTML' problem with Samba 2.0
> Which version Excel is this?
>
> I just tried this on my system (Samba 2.0.3, RH Linux 5.1 upgraded to mostly
> 5.2 and some Rawhide, /home/benkos mounted as H:\) and Excel 97 SR2 worked
> perfectly fine.
>
> --
> Ben Kosse
> PC Support Specialist
> Coldwater Creek, Inc.
> (208) 265-7114
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sunny Hwang Guzman [mailto:guzmans at cig.mot.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 7:03 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Excel 'save as HTML' problem with Samba 2.0
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > Eversince I upgraded Samba to 2.0 version I've gotten so many
> > calls from
> > the users regarding Excel 'save as HTML' problem.
> > What seems to be happening is that the users cannot save their Excel
> > spreadsheet as html file when they were able to with the
> > previous Samba
> > version we had installed (Samba 1.9.18p10).
> >
> > According to MS 'knowledge database', this is a known MS Excel problem
> > that the HTML file cannot be saved onto the mounted volume
> > (Ex. your home directory mounted on H:\ drive).
> >
> > However, I cannot think that this isn't Samba related issue
> > since 'save
> > as HTML' used to work with the Samba 1.9.18p10.
> > Maybe what was broken in Samba 1.9.18p10 gotten fixed in Samba 2.0(and
> > the entire problem lies on MS) or vise versa.
> >
> > Can any body shed some light on this issue?
> > Thanks in advance for any comments/feedbacks.
> >
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>-- End of excerpt from Ben Kosse



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