OSX Privilege on Saved Files

[Chris Borg]

Hi,

I have the following problem:
I have users accessing an OS X server using their Ldap accounts to log
in.
They save their word docs on a share on the server.
My users need to share their documents but when they save in word, the
permissions are set to user read/write but all others have read only. I
need all others to be set as read/write as well.

Does anyone had that problem and found a solution

Thanks

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Chris:

The reason nobody has answered this is because nobody knows the answer

This is not something Word does: it's a server permissioning issue. Note
that when Word "Saves" a file, it actually Writes the new as a temporary
file, Removes the backup, Renames the old to the backup, then renames the
New as the current. This means users require read/write/remove permissions
on both the Temporary folder and the document folder.

Hope this helps

Hi,

I have the following problem:
I have users accessing an OS X server using their Ldap accounts to log
in.
They save their word docs on a share on the server.
My users need to share their documents but when they save in word, the
permissions are set to user read/write but all others have read only. I
need all others to be set as read/write as well.

Does anyone had that problem and found a solution

Thanks

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me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Chris:

OK, I have the following answers from those who know more than I do...

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There is a simple solution for that;
On the MacOS-X server place al the users in one Group;
Give the Group Read and Write access to the Published Folder on the server.
With the Workgroup Manager / Sharing: select the Published Folder and in the
tab-window "Protocols" select "Inherit permissions from parent"
All saved documents in that Folder will then have the same privileges.

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Someone else suggested:

After they save, they should go to the doc in the Finder, select it, press
cmd-I or control-click and choose Get Info, open the "Details:" disclosure
triangle of Ownership & Permissions, and flip both Group and Others popups
to Read & Write. Since they have Read & Write themselves they are presumably
the Owner and thus are able to change the permissions on Group and Other.

I have to do the same thing when I want to test scripts on my Test user and
be able to open and edit the scripts over on Test user. Unless there's some
restriction on the server (I've never used a server) that prevents them
controlling documents they themselves own, this should work.

Sorry: I can't tell you where these came from

Hi,

I have the following problem:
I have users accessing an OS X server using their Ldap accounts to log
in.
They save their word docs on a share on the server.
My users need to share their documents but when they save in word, the
permissions are set to user read/write but all others have read only. I
need all others to be set as read/write as well.

Does anyone had that problem and found a solution

Thanks

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410