[Samba] Samba PDC and Word

[John Russell]

Eureka - a solution My problems were caused by the default printer, an HP on
a print server (actually a Barricade Router/Wireless/Print Server thingy)
Although the printer install was local the connection is via their
proprietary porting and Word/Office couldn't find the software that's on the
local machine.  I changed the default to another HP connected directly (USB)
and already installed locally and hey presto Word now works when the
workstation is authenticated by the PDC, now for roaming profiles....  hope
that doesn't take another week to sort out!

John


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerns, Mike" <mike.kerns at boeing.com>
To: "'Manuel Arenaz'" <arenaz at udc.es>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>; <apca72 at dsl.pipex.com>; <jra at dp.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Samba] Samba PDC and Word


> Try opening the Word doc without enabling macros.  On Word 2000, select
>
> TOOLS -> MACRO -> SECURITY
>
> This will give you a window with 3 choices of "security" with macros.
> Select MEDIUM so you will be prompted to run macros.  Then open the
suspect
> document and select the choice (I don't recall exactly what it says) to
not
> enable macros when you open this document this time.  See how the document
> performs.  It may not work completely right as the macro function won't
> work, but you should be able to do simple edits and save them.
>
> I'd be very curious to see if you can isolate this cause.  Like I
mentioned
> earlier the problem mysteriously went away without my intervention.  :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> > ----------
> > From: Manuel Arenaz[SMTP:arenaz at udc.es]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:52 AM
> > To: Mike Kerns
> > Cc: samba at lists.samba.org; apca72 at dsl.pipex.com; jra at dp.samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba PDC and Word
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 21:52, Mike Kerns wrote:
> > > We experienced this with some Word docs that contained embedded VB
> > > macros.  The problem went away and we never found the cause.
> > >
> >
> > Right now I have PC with the same problem.
> > If I can gather any useful information, please let me know.
> >
> >     Manuel Arenaz
> >
> >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > From: John Russell[SMTP:apca72 at dsl.pipex.com]
> > > Reply To: John Russell
> > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:38 PM
> > > To: jra at dp.samba.org
> > > Cc: samba at lists samba.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba PDC and Word
> > >
> > > Yes, they are.  The problem only occurs with Word, other Office apps
are
> > > OK.
> > > I'm using SME Server V5 (formerly e-Smith and based on RH 7.1) as a
PDC
> > > and
> > > file/print server and it runs well otherwise, but Word just quits.
I've
> > > tried moving templates etc  the problem occured with a totally
different
> > > Samba PDC on RH7.3 so I think it must be a Word thing?  Trouble is I
> > > want to
> > > put in place what will be the first Linux solution in the postgrads
lab
> > > (all
> > > M$) so its gotta work!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <jra at dp.samba.org>
> > > To: "John Russell" <j.c.russell at sussex.ac.uk>
> > > Cc: "samba at lists samba.org" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:14 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba PDC and Word
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 03:47:03PM +0100, John Russell wrote:
> > > > > I have Samba running as a PDC and it works perfectly, until that
is,
> > a
> > > Win
> > > > > 2000 user authenticated by the PDC and with a profile on the Samba
> > > server
> > > > > wants to access Word and then after a minute or so Word crashes, I
> > got
> > > the
> > > > > same result with a Redhat PDC and also with an SME server distro.
> > > Informed
> > > > > suggestions other than dump Word are very welcome...
> > > >
> > > > Is the file word is accessing on the Samba server ?
> > > >
> > > > Jeremy.
> > >
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