OpenOffice Opens NFS Files Read-Only
I'm posting this here because I keep having this problem and keep having a hard time remembering exactly how to resolve it. I'm guessing others will find themselves in the same situation.
Here's the problem: You install (or upgrade) OpenOffice, and it opens all files that are on network shares read-only, totally refusing to let you edit them; permissions are not the issue. The cause is that OpenOffice wants to lock the file before it allows you to edit it, and for some reason or other file locking is not working on your network. There are two solutions:
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