Word 2011 + Lion + Server 2008 share
We have a Windows 2008 server sharing documents. When a Mac user opens a document with Word 2011, edits and saves it, the NTFS file permissions (which are inherited from the folder) are wiped out and replaced with permissions that allow only this user and admins to modify the document. Everyone else can still open the document. but it is read-only, and changes can't be saved.
The shared folder permissions are correct and have worked fine for years with both Windows and Mac clients. This was true until Word 2011 arrived. Excel 2011 does not have this problem, only Word 2011 to my knowledge.
When we reset the permissions so that the folder permissions are restored to all child documents, everyone can again access and modify every document. But when a Word 2011 user comes along, opens edits and saves it, the whole cycle repeats. Only work around we have found is to ask Mac users to copy the document to their desktop, modify it there and copy it back to the server. It works, but far from ideal.
Any solutions?
We have a Windows 2008 server sharing documents. When a Mac user opens a document with Word 2011, edits and saves it, the NTFS file permissions (which are inherited from the folder) are wiped out and replaced with permissions that allow only this user and admins to modify the document. Everyone else can still open the document. but it is read-only, and changes can't be saved.
The shared folder permissions are correct and have worked fine for years with both Windows and Mac clients. This was true until Word 2011 arrived. Excel 2011 does not have this problem, only Word 2011 to my knowledge.
When we reset the permissions so that the folder permissions are restored to all child documents, everyone can again access and modify every document. But when a Word 2011 user comes along, opens edits and saves it, the whole cycle repeats. Only work around we have found is to ask Mac users to copy the document to their desktop, modify it there and copy it back to the server. It works, but far from ideal.
Any solutions?