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Posted by Shenan Stanley on November 15, 2005, 6:19 pm
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> We have several Word files on a shared folder that 2 users have full
> Write/Read access too, and about 12 others have simply Read access to
> the file.
>
> If a user that has Read access only opens the file to view it, and 1
> of the 2 users that has Write Access opens up the same file,
> shouldn't they be able to make changes and save them.
>
> What is actually happening is that the user that has Read Access only
> is opening the file, then the user that has Write/Read access opens
> the same file, and it reports as "Read-Only" at the top of the title
> bar, hence the user cannot make changes.
>
> Is this by design, or is there some type of security setting we are
> missing. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
When the file is opened for read, a ~*.tmp is made by word and the file is
locked by the original person opening it.
Doesn't matter that user 1 cannot write to the given file because they only
have read/execute on the file - since they can save it anywhere else they
want once they have it open.
So - yes - it is by design of Microsoft Office - not Windows.
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Shenan Stanley
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