1<HTML> 2<HEAD> 3<TITLE> Samba FAQ: Specific client application problems</TITLE> 4</HEAD> 5<BODY> 6<A HREF="sambafaq-3.html">Previous</A> 7<A HREF="sambafaq-5.html">Next</A> 8<A HREF="sambafaq.html#toc4">Table of Contents</A> 9<HR> 10<H2><A NAME="s4">4. Specific client application problems</A></H2> 11 12<P> 13<A NAME="client_problems"></A> 14</P> 15 16<H2><A NAME="ss4.1">4.1 MS Office Setup reports "Cannot change properties of '\MSOFFICE\SETUP.INI'"</A></H2> 17 18<P> 19<A NAME="cant_change_properties"></A> 20 21When installing MS Office on a Samba drive for which you have admin 22user permissions, ie. admin users = username, you will find the 23setup program unable to complete the installation.</P> 24<P>To get around this problem, do the installation without admin user 25permissions The problem is that MS Office Setup checks that a file is 26rdonly by trying to open it for writing.</P> 27<P>Admin users can always open a file for writing, as they run as root. 28You just have to install as a non-admin user and then use "chown -R" 29to fix the owner.</P> 30 31 32<HR> 33<A HREF="sambafaq-3.html">Previous</A> 34<A HREF="sambafaq-5.html">Next</A> 35<A HREF="sambafaq.html#toc4">Table of Contents</A> 36</BODY> 37</HTML> 38