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Re: [LUG] Open Office and files locked by other user

 
edit your fstab.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

find the hard drive partition that contains the user files (word docs etc...)

add the word "users" so it reads similar to this

# /mnt/Storage_500 was on /dev/sdc1
UUID=cfbbbcbb-1bb4-bbbc-abbb-bbbbbbbbbb3 /mnt/Storage_500 ext4 users,noatime,defaults 0ÂÂÂ 0

save it then

mount -a


On 24 November 2013 19:14, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All,

As you (probably) know I'm dual-booting Mint and Windows 7 at the moment, and every file created in Windows 7 - e.g. Word document or Excel spreadsheet - I open in Open Office claims the file is locked by another user and I only have choices of Read Only or opening a Copy. ÂIs it treating my Windows user as the owner of the documents and refusing to grant me R/W privileges, and if so how can I fix it?

Kind regards,

Julian

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