[Samba] Word and Excel files are read-only when opening

[Mike Eggleston]

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009, Frank Bonnet might have said:

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> Hello
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> Since we started our new Samba + LDAP backend server yesterday
> some (not all) PC we have a problem with Word and Excel files
> that are marked "read-only" when users are trying to open
> them from their Samba network shares.
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> This happen ONLY for *.doc and *.xls files , if we open
> and save a *.html file with Word it works ...
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> Any info/help greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you

I had read only issues with microsoft files from a mac to a samba+ldap
linux box. That's the closest I can come to your situtation.

Mike