Re: spreadsheets are opened read only

O/H Jim Lucas έγραψε:

Thodoris wrote:

Hi guys. I am having a problem with opening xls files from a link generated from php script. Let me analyze this: I have two linux servers with apache (php,mysql etc) that are running the same project. There is a part in this project that reads all the files from a directory and generates the appropriate links to them. These files are usually spreadsheets (xls) and when I open a file using the link on the first machine it opens normally but when I open the file from the second it is opened read only. I have checked the rights and the ownership and they are the exact same from the servers document root to the file itself. Any ideas why is this happening?

Thodoris, I would think the simple answer to this is, is that you had the document open when you uploaded it. Try uploading it again, this time without any application viewing it. This should clear the "owned by" flag set when the document is open. Their is no setting with Apache/PHP/Mysql/etc..-server side, that could cause this problem! It is specific to the file that is uploaded. Try to copy (cmd line using scp or something) from the first (working) machine to the second (not working) machine and try to view it then. I think it is a simple mistake of uploading the file when you had it open. Yes this the case thanks Jim. Well when you upload the file if it is already opened then the browser uploads as read-only.

When you try to open it using linux it opens normally but when you open it using windows then it detects the read-only attribute that that was set before and it keeps it as read-only. Windowz have their own way of things. Thanks guys and sorry for the lame question I haven't though that it would be so obvious. Thodoris