Delete ACL not enabled on server share causes save errors with Excel 2004

[jwinm2]

We have a Mac OS X server running 10.4.10. On one of the file shares
we set up the Access Control List entry to allow certain users to
create and edit the files but we don't want to allow them to delete
any files. I had a problem with Word 2004 but after modifying
the .TemporaryItems folder on the share so that it was world writable,
users who did not have the delete access control entry enabled could
save new documents or append to existing documents just fine. The
problem is that with Excel 2004, when a user tries to save a document
they get an error message stating that

"your changes could not be saved to 'exceltest.xls' but were saved to
a temporary document named '8321564'. Close the existing document,
then open the temporary document and save it under a new name."

Is it possible to save Excel documents to folders that do not have the
delete access control list entry enabled? If so, what changes do I
need to make on the file server to make this work? Thanks.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

We have a Mac OS X server running 10.4.10. On one of the file shares
we set up the Access Control List entry to allow certain users to
create and edit the files but we don't want to allow them to delete
any files. I had a problem with Word 2004 but after modifying
the .TemporaryItems folder on the share so that it was world writable,
users who did not have the delete access control entry enabled could
save new documents or append to existing documents just fine. The
problem is that with Excel 2004, when a user tries to save a document
they get an error message stating that

"your changes could not be saved to 'exceltest.xls' but were saved to
a temporary document named '8321564'. Close the existing document,
then open the temporary document and save it under a new name."

Is it possible to save Excel documents to folders that do not have the
delete access control list entry enabled? If so, what changes do I
need to make on the file server to make this work? Thanks.

I don't think it is. Excel first writes a copy of the file using some
cryptic file name. then deletes the original file and then renames the new
file to the original. I don't know what entries you could make on the
server. Perhaps someone else can suggest something. I suppose it's not
practical to have the users copy the file to their hard drives or personal
directory on the server, and then copy back the updated file.

 

[jwinm2]

I don't think it is. Excel first writes a copy of the file using some
cryptic file name. then deletes the original file and then renames the new
file to the original. I don't know what entries you could make on the
server. Perhaps someone else can suggest something. I suppose it's not
practical to have the users copy the file to their hard drives or personal
directory on the server, and then copy back the updated file.

You're right because those users would have to copy it to their
computer, rename the file and then place it back on the share. Because
they don't have delete privileges, they can't replace the existing
Excel document once they've made changes on their computer. Bummer.
Thanks.