Office File Ownership problem between OSX and XP

[TIAX_IT]

We have both PC's and MAC OS X computers connected to a MC OS X 10.3
Server. Anytime one creates a document from Word, Excel or Powerpoint
from a PC and saves it, the files when opened up from a MAC go into
read only and none of the MAC's using Office 2001 can edit them. It
shows that the file ownership is the one who created it on the PC. I'm
not sure if the problem lies in the MAC server or MAC Office. The PC's
have no problems with the files. Any guidance would be helpful...even
if it means seeking info from another group.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

We have both PC's and MAC OS X computers connected to a MC OS X 10.3
Server. Anytime one creates a document from Word, Excel or Powerpoint
from a PC and saves it, the files when opened up from a MAC go into
read only and none of the MAC's using Office 2001 can edit them. It
shows that the file ownership is the one who created it on the PC. I'm
not sure if the problem lies in the MAC server or MAC Office. The PC's
have no problems with the files. Any guidance would be helpful...even
if it means seeking info from another group.

I have a vague recollection that this was a problem with office 2001, and
was fixed with Office 2004. I may be wrong, and if so, someone else will
probably chime in.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

We have both PC's and MAC OS X computers connected to a MC OS X 10.3
Server. Anytime one creates a document from Word, Excel or Powerpoint
from a PC and saves it, the files when opened up from a MAC go into
read only and none of the MAC's using Office 2001 can edit them. It
shows that the file ownership is the one who created it on the PC. I'm
not sure if the problem lies in the MAC server or MAC Office. The PC's
have no problems with the files. Any guidance would be helpful...even
if it means seeking info from another group.

Just realized that Office 2001 is Classic. I think there is an issue with OS
9 and servers. Try upgrading to the current version of Office.

 

[William Smith]

We have both PC's and MAC OS X computers connected to a MC OS X 10.3
Server. Anytime one creates a document from Word, Excel or Powerpoint
from a PC and saves it, the files when opened up from a MAC go into
read only and none of the MAC's using Office 2001 can edit them. It
shows that the file ownership is the one who created it on the PC. I'm
not sure if the problem lies in the MAC server or MAC Office. The PC's
have no problems with the files. Any guidance would be helpful...even
if it means seeking info from another group.

This may very well not be an Office issue at all.

In my company we must set our Windows Server (or really any server)
permissions very carefully or files created by one user may be unusable
by another. The trick is to make sure that server permissions for the
shared folders are set to not allow anyone to take ownership. Only an
account on the server, such as a local administrator account, should be
set as Owner. No group should ever be set as Owner.

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
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