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Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive

by John McGhie <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 23, 2008 at 06:19 PM

Hi Dan (Mac!):

I have no idea what to suggest -- it seems there would be no harm in
changing the UID if it's only one user.

If you cannot get it sorted, post back and I will ask a proper System
Administrator for you.

Cheers


On 22/07/08 10:37 PM, in article
0CE434E1-CAC5-4BAE-8713-20066CBBDC02@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Dan"
<Dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> John,
> I have seen that do***ent before and ran the command to get the user's
uid.
> The uid was not the standard 50x.  She is logging into the mac via AD
and I
> believe her UID is the AD uid.  Should I still try to change her UID?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> "John McGhie" wrote:
> 
>> Hi Dan:
>> 
>> This is almost certainly an "Access Control" issue.
>> 
>> OS 10.5 uses Access Control Lists to manage user privileges.  The
earlier
>> versions did not.  The cleanest fix is to set up ACLs for your users.
>> 
>> There's a good discussion here:
>> http://www.makemacwork.com/office-2004-wont-save-to-server.htm
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> On 22/07/08 4:47 AM, in article
>> F68F7454-0C09-432F-AB4B-D6C4F61EE164@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Dan"
>> <Dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Not sure if this trend is still active, but we are having this issue
too.  I
>>> have a few clients running Mac OS X 10.5.4 and office 12.1.1.  They
can NOT
>>> open, edit and save .doc on the network.  They can however open, edit
and
>>> save a .docx off the network.  Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> "John McGhie" wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Without your software version information, this comment doesn't
really have
>>>> much meaning.
>>>> 
>>>> If you are using Office 2008 on OS 10.5.1, they are working on a fix
that
>>>> should be with us shortly.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> On 26/04/08 2:56 PM, in article
>>>> 33212D63-75E9-4978-8BBD-511BCBB9C853@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "CDR"
>>>> <CDR@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The only thing I found that works, and this was by accident, is if I
am
>>>>> connected to the network drive using two different computers, but
the same
>>>>> user, the problem goes away.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here, I save docs to a 750 Gb network drive connected to my Air****t
>>>>> Extreme
>>>>> router.  If I try to open and then save change to a doc on the drive
in
>>>>> Word,
>>>>> I get the error.  However, if I connect to the drive with both my
desktop
>>>>> Mac
>>>>> and my laptop, no problems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> "eatsurf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Almost every time I save a do***ent, or perform a "save as..." to
make a
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> copy, I get the error message:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "You cannot save while the file is in use by another process. Try
saving
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> file with a new name.
>>>>>> (Word Work File D_xxxxxxxxxx.tmp)"
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm saving the files as ".docx" format. This similar behavior
occured
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the Word 2004 versioned files. The files are saved to a shared
network
>>>>>> hard
>>>>>> drive, but file that are on my client (local) drive have the same
>>>>>> results.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyone experience this behavior? Looking for a solution before I
throw
>>>>>> Word
>>>>>> out the window with the bath water!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> 
>>>> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>>>> 
>>>> Please reply in the group.  Please do NOT email me unless I ask you
to.
>>>> 
>>>> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
>>>> Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia.  mailto:john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/
>> 
>> Please reply in the group.  Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.
>> 
>> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
>> Sydney, Australia.   mailto:john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>> 

-- 
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group.  Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia.   mailto:john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 




 10 Posts in Topic:
Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
eatsurf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-03-04 08:35:55 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
"June Low [MSFT]&quo  2008-03-04 09:29:13 
RE: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
=?Utf-8?B?Q0RS?= <CDR@  2008-04-25 22:26:00 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
John McGhie <john@[EMA  2008-04-26 16:10:27 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@  2008-07-21 12:17:00 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
John McGhie <john@[EMA  2008-07-22 19:03:21 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@  2008-07-22 06:07:00 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
John McGhie <john@[EMA  2008-07-23 18:19:40 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
dan.computersecurity@[EMA  2008-07-22 17:48:21 
Re: Can't save Word 2008 on Network Drive
John McGhie <john@[EMA  2008-07-23 18:17:46 

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