problems saving word 2007, powerpoint 2007 files

[ffuchs]

hi,

we have a mac mini server with
– mac os x 10.6.2 server
– I created 3 workgroups
– sharepoints, that are directly on the boot disk (User/Shared/folder1…)

for mac-user everything works fine, but windows users (1x win xp with office 2007, 1x win 7 with office 2010) can’t directly save to the server, they always get an error, that the server is not reachable.

but if I save the file to the desktop, I can copy it with the explorer in a folder on the server.

after little investigation I found out, that every microsoft office app creates temporary files while saving and this is the source of all troubles.

I tried all tips I could find:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2249820&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10611455&#10611455
http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2008/Jan/msg00760.html

like:
– changes in smb.conf
– acl-rights changes
– with/without oplock, strict lockings

but nothing helped.

and one strange finding:
if I create a new sharepoint, it uses automatically apples standard „workgroup“ as only group (besides spotlight), now office 2007-user CAN save files directly. if I add one of my groups, the problems reappears.

so I would like to ask, if someone found a solution for this problem – thx!

regards,

ferdinand

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