libreoffice in read only mode

timl · 10-23-2017, 11:32 PM

Hi,

I am running Fedora 26 and I recently noticed that all files opened by libreoffice were in read only mode. Eventually I realised I had just booted into a new kernel (4.13.4-200.fc26.x86_64). I reverted back to the old kernel (4.12.14-300.fc26.x86_64) and all was well.

Now along comes another kernel (4.13.5-200.fc26.x86_64) and the same problem occurs – all files read only. So I am back to 4.12.14. As my version of LO was quite old I downloaded the latest (5.4.2.2) and the problem persists.

My documents are stored on my samba server so I checked a file on my PC. No problem. I am really not sure where the root of the problem lies – a combination of Fedora, LO & Samba?. The last SMB update is dated Sep 24. I can't see any messages in systemctl or the samba logs on both computers (host and server). Has anyone experienced anything similar? I would like to report the bug but which bugzilla? I am tempted to say Fedora.

Cheers

frankbell · 10-24-2017, 07:52 PM

My first guess would be that it's a permissions issue. Windows does not understand Linux permissions.

The first thing I would do is, on the Samba server, check the permissions of the the document files using the ls -l command and let us know what you find.

timl · 10-25-2017, 04:27 AM

Hi Frank and thanks for jogging my memory as I have missed bits - the PCs in question are both running Fedora. The samba server is F25 and my main PC is F26. So the SMB information on my F26 box is largely irrelevant

I did not even think about checking permissions but nothing out of the ordinary there (still running the old kernel on the main PC):

Here is the box running libreoffice

Quote:

[tim@eraserhead ~]$ ll /mnt/doco/Docs/Dear\ Diary.odt
-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 tim tim 81340 Oct 25 17:49 '/mnt/doco/Docs/Dear Diary.odt'

while over at the SMB end

Quote:

[tim@Havana ~]$ ll /home/shared/doco/Docs/Dear\ Diary.odt
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 tim tim 81340 Oct 25 17:49 '/home/shared/doco/Docs/Dear Diary.odt'
[tim@Havana ~]$

I'll have to boot the F26 box into one of the contentious kernels to see if permissions are any different. That will be tomorrow as I have run out of time today.

Cheers

ondoho · 10-25-2017, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timl

rwxrwxrwx

i think these are really weird permissions to have, but who knows, maybe it's a samba thing? :shrugs:
anyhow, with these permissions it MUST be a libreoffice issue, directly or indirectly.

timl · 10-27-2017, 07:49 PM

Hi,

I logged this one with redhat

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506472

The solution suggested

Quote:

So a solution until SMB3 POSIX extensions are available would be to modify your mount options to force SMB1.

Unfortunately eludes me at the moment. Searches to force SMB1 typically result in how to force SMB2/3 or how to disable SMB1. I tried to use the knowledge gained and modify smb.conf

Quote:

min protocol = SMB1
max protocol = SMB1

However my guess work was wrong

Quote:

[tim@Havana ~]$ testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'SMB1' for parameter 'min protocol'
Error loading services.

Any suggestions on how to to modify mount options to force SMB1?

Cheers