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Q: Office on Windows corrupting file rights on XSAN

MS Office running on my Windows Server 2003 Termserver is corrupting the Posix and ACL rights on my XSAN.  This also happens with Office 2007 loaded on an XP Pro machine.  We were using Office 2007 and I upgraded the Termserver to Office 2010.  The problems got slightly worse.

 

I have a file named ray.xls for testing.  If I give that file Domain Admin, Full Control rights I can open it as a Domain Admin but access is denied when I try and write.  So I changed the Posix Group to Domain Admins and that allows me to save.  The following screen shots show what is happening.

 

These are the rights before I open the file.

Screen shot 2011-12-11 at 10.47.58 PM.png

I open the file as jfuller (a domain admin), change one cell and then save and close the file.  The rights change to this.

Screen shot 2011-12-11 at 10.48.54 PM.png

I open the file a second tme, make another change, save and close the file.  This is the new rights.

Screen shot 2011-12-11 at 10.51.50 PM.png

From this point on, every time I save the spreadsheet it will add another ACL for John Fuller with Custom rights.

 

I have files with rights that have 30 or 40 ACL entries.  What the heck is going on?

 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

John

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 11, 2011 10:14 PM

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  • by JF-Gateway,

    JF-Gateway JF-Gateway Jan 17, 2012 2:34 PM in response to JF-Gateway
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    Jan 17, 2012 2:34 PM in response to JF-Gateway

    This turned out to be an issue with Microsoft Office (Windows version) and SMB.  We have found others with similar issue on Linux shares using SMB.  We have implemented some changes to the smb.config file that are reported to correct the issue.

     

    We waiting for feed back from users but it is working so far.

     

    If anyone is interested, I can post some additional details.

     

    John

  • by Blaidd Drwg,

    Blaidd Drwg Blaidd Drwg Jan 18, 2012 8:37 AM in response to JF-Gateway
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    Jan 18, 2012 8:37 AM in response to JF-Gateway

    For the benefit of the readers, what changes did you make to your smb config?