Volume works only in read only mode

Our Xsan volume is going nasty
if any client tries to write on it , the xsan would crash and disconnect on all clients
only way to bring it back is to shutdown all machines and power on again
it works fine when the volume is mounted as read only though , so now I have a volume I can only read from , but can't write to
any one had this happening before ? any idea what might be causing it ?
Thanks

Our Xsan volume is going nasty
if any client tries to write on it , the xsan would
crash and disconnect on all clients
only way to bring it back is to shutdown all machines
and power on again
it works fine when the volume is mounted as read only
though , so now I have a volume I can only read from
, but can't write to
any one had this happening before ? any idea what
might be causing it ?
Thanks
Here is what I would suggest:
Check the time stamp on all your machines
Xsan versions (are they compatible)
OS revision
Private Network connectivity

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Time Machine just stopped working, Disk Repair & Read Only errors

So my TM backups have been running fine for at least six months now.
Today I started to get this error:
"Disk Repair
The disk "xxxxxx" was not repairable by this computer. It is being made available to you with limited functionality. You must back up your data and reformat the disk as soon as possible."
followed by
"Time Machine Error
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To select a different volume, open System Preferences and choose Time Machine"
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Here's what I've tried so far.
Attached disk to iMac, repaired the disk. It now verifies with no errors.
Changed permissions on the disk to 644 through terminal as per an Apple article.
Rebooted iMac several times, zapped PRAM.
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Backup failed with error: The target volume is read-only.
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
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See if this helps:
What to do if Time Machine reports you don't have permission
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Greetings!
We have a SharePoint 2010 Foundation server that I recently inherited. I'm a novice at SharePoint, but let me cut to the chase.
Users have recently (within the last week) started experiencing a problem where if they open a file, it will error either saying that the file cannot be opened, or it will only open in read only. This occurs with Excel, Word, Power Point docs. They CAN however,
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issue.
Server Specs:
VMWare VM version 9 (VMTools up-to-date)
16GB RAM
250GB HDD
2x vCPU
Windows 2008 R2 (latest updates installed)
SQL DB Hosted remote on a SQL 2008 R2 server running on Windows 2008 R2. The SQL database is set up in a mirror configuration.
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Warning, Event ID 14
The start address sts4://serveraddress/contentdbid={0d061a04-5c82-48e5-b381-e111d1926b8d} cannot be crawled.
Context: Application 'Search_index_file_on_the_search_server', Catalog 'Search'
Details:
   The SharePoint server was moved to a different location.   (0x8004fd12)
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Warning, Event ID 2138
The SharePoint Health Analyzer detected a condition requiring your attention. Drives are at risk of running out of free space.
Available drive space is less than five times the value of physical memory. This is dangerous because it does not provide enough room for a full memory dump with continued operation. It also could cause problems with the Virtual Memory swap file:
(SERVERNAME- C:\).
Examine the failing servers and delete old logs or free space on the drives. For more information about this rule, see "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=142688".
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Critical, Event ID 6398
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Error   1/31/2014 12:51:07 PM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/31/2014 12:44:23 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 12:15:07 PM   SharePoint Server   8088   Taxonomy
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:55 PM   MsiInstaller   1015   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:55 PM   MsiInstaller   1001   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:55 PM   MsiInstaller   1004   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:55 PM   MsiInstaller   1015   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:54 PM   MsiInstaller   1001   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:54 PM   MsiInstaller   1004   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:29 PM   ILM Web Service Configuration   234   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:29 PM   ILM Web Service Configuration   234   None
Warning   1/31/2014 12:14:27 PM   ILM Web Service Configuration   234   None
Warning   1/31/2014 11:44:23 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 10:44:30 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 10:20:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 10:19:46 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Error   1/31/2014 10:19:08 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/31/2014 10:17:15 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/31/2014 10:17:15 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Error   1/31/2014 10:04:10 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Critical   1/31/2014 10:03:15 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6398   Timer
Critical   1/31/2014 10:03:10 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6398   Timer
Critical   1/31/2014 10:03:03 AM   SharePoint Foundation   3355   Database
Error   1/31/2014 10:03:02 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6772   Timer
Error   1/31/2014 10:03:02 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6772   Timer
Critical   1/31/2014 10:03:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6398   Timer
Critical   1/31/2014 10:03:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   3355   Database
Error   1/31/2014 10:03:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Error   1/31/2014 10:03:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Error   1/31/2014 10:02:56 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/31/2014 10:00:44 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/31/2014 10:00:39 AM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Warning   1/31/2014 9:59:41 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/31/2014 9:59:41 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/31/2014 9:59:37 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/31/2014 9:59:37 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Error   1/31/2014 9:58:46 AM   WMI   10   None
Warning   1/31/2014 9:58:42 AM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/31/2014 9:57:16 AM   User Profile Service   1530   None
Warning   1/31/2014 9:57:17 AM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Warning   1/31/2014 9:44:29 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 9:27:05 AM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Error   1/31/2014 9:15:13 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Error   1/31/2014 9:03:05 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Error   1/31/2014 8:49:46 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2137   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 8:47:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 8:44:26 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Error   1/31/2014 8:42:52 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Error   1/31/2014 8:41:57 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/31/2014 8:37:32 AM   SharePoint Server   8088   Taxonomy
Warning   1/31/2014 8:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 7:44:23 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 7:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 6:44:20 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Critical   1/31/2014 6:10:30 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6398   Timer
Warning   1/31/2014 6:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 5:44:28 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 5:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 4:44:26 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 4:14:28 AM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/31/2014 4:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Error   1/31/2014 3:57:05 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/31/2014 3:44:23 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 3:00:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 2:44:21 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/31/2014 2:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 1:44:29 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
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Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:10 AM   MsiInstaller   1001   None
Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:10 AM   MsiInstaller   1004   None
Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:10 AM   MsiInstaller   1015   None
Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:10 AM   MsiInstaller   1001   None
Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:10 AM   MsiInstaller   1004   None
Warning   1/31/2014 1:00:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 12:44:27 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Error   1/31/2014 12:00:06 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Warning   1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 11:44:25 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 11:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 10:44:22 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 10:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 9:44:28 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 9:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 8:44:26 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 8:14:27 PM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/30/2014 8:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 7:44:23 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 7:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 6:44:21 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 6:00:01 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 5:44:29 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 5:27:04 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 5:27:04 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 5:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 4:44:27 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 4:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 3:44:24 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 3:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 2:44:22 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 2:00:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 1:44:29 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 1:00:02 PM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 12:44:27 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 12:35:42 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:35:42 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Error   1/30/2014 12:18:00 PM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 12:17:33 PM   SharePoint Server   8088   Taxonomy
Warning   1/30/2014 12:17:06 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:15:56 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:15:56 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:15:51 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:15:51 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:15:31 PM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Error   1/30/2014 12:14:54 PM   WMI   10   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:14:50 PM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:12:34 PM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Error   1/30/2014 12:12:25 PM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 12:06:32 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:06:01 PM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:05:21 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:05:21 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:05:17 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 12:05:17 PM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Error   1/30/2014 12:04:22 PM   WMI   10   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:04:18 PM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:01:51 PM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Error   1/30/2014 12:01:49 PM   WMI   10   None
Warning   1/30/2014 12:01:44 PM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/30/2014 11:59:46 AM   VMware Tools   1000   None
Warning   1/30/2014 11:59:43 AM   User Profile Service   1530   None
Warning   1/30/2014 11:46:40 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 11:45:08 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 11:45:08 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 11:44:47 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 11:44:47 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   57   Search service
Warning   1/30/2014 11:44:39 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Error   1/30/2014 11:10:43 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 11:00:31 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Error   1/30/2014 11:00:12 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 11:00:02 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Error   1/30/2014 10:57:51 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Error   1/30/2014 10:51:41 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Error   1/30/2014 10:51:41 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Critical   1/30/2014 10:51:36 AM   SharePoint Foundation   3355   Database
Error   1/30/2014 10:51:35 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Error   1/30/2014 10:51:35 AM   SharePoint Foundation   5586   Database
Warning   1/30/2014 10:44:28 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Error   1/30/2014 10:32:16 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 10:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 9:44:26 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 9:00:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 8:44:23 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 8:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 7:44:21 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 7:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 6:44:28 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Critical   1/30/2014 6:10:31 AM   SharePoint Foundation   6398   Timer
Warning   1/30/2014 6:00:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 5:44:26 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 5:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 4:44:24 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 4:03:06 AM   CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment   64   None
Warning   1/30/2014 4:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Error   1/30/2014 3:56:31 AM   SharePoint Foundation   7043   Web Controls
Warning   1/30/2014 3:44:22 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 3:00:01 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 2:44:29 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Warning   1/30/2014 2:13:20 AM   Microsoft Forefront Protection   7003   Health Status
Warning   1/30/2014 2:00:00 AM   SharePoint Foundation   2138   Health
Warning   1/30/2014 1:44:27 AM   SharePoint Foundation Search   14   Gatherer
Error   1/30/2014 1:30:14 AM   GetEngineFiles   6020   Engine Error
Error   1/30/2014 1:30:14 AM   GetEngineFiles   6014   Engine Error
Warning   1/30/2014 1:13:28 AM   FIMSynchronizationService   2004   Server
Critical   1/30/2014 1:00:00 AM   SharePoint Portal Server   5555   User Profiles
Critical   1/30/2014 1:00:00 AM   SharePoint Portal Server   5555   User Profiles

How can I protect a PDF file to where when I am editing the file and another user opens the file, it is only a read-only file?

I work for an auditing firm and we have recently gone paperless with our audit documentation. We have our files saved on a server and multiple people can access the same file at one time. We noticed that Acrobat does not give an message notifying a user that someone else is in that file, nor does Acrobat make that PDF file a read only file when someone else is in it editing the document. Is there a way to notify someone that another user is in the same PDF file? Or is there a way to make a PDF read only when someone else is working with the document?

Hi ashleyr1936858
You can restrict editing of a pdf by setting the password, such that anyone who wants to edit the pdf would need to input that password. This would make the pdf a read-only file.
Here's a Link for more information : Acrobat Help | Securing PDFs with passwords
Regards,
Rahul

JFS root file system will only mount read-only

Hi, everybody!
I have been running this filesystem for months with no issues. The only thing I can think of that I changed recently was that I ran pacman -Syu.
When I boot there is no indication that there are errors with the file system. It simply mounts as read-only.
I have tried running
mount -n -o remount,rw /
, and it says "mount: / not mounted already, or bad option".
When I run just
mount -n -o rw /
it appears to work, in that there is no error message, but the file system is still read-only.
I have been able to mount it read-write successfully with the install disc, but only after I ran a fsck on it, also from the install disc. However, each time I have run fsck, it has reported no errors. I also tried forcing the check, with the same result.
Even after mounting it successfully with the install disc, it still will not mount read-write from my hard-disk install.
My DE (gnome) locked up a few days ago and I had to do a hard reboot, but it still functioned fine after that, so it doesn't seem related.
I would like to not have to reinstall, but I can if I need to. I would also like to find out how this happened, so that it does not happen again.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help,
Jefferson

I got it working. I was running the fsck on the wrong partition. I am still curious as to why it happened, though.
@Marcel-: I don't think there was anything strange in my logs, but I'm not sure. I will look them over some more. Is there a particular one I should be looking in?
@seiichiro0185: Yes, the passno-flag is set to 1 for my rootfs.
Thank you both very much for helping me!

I only create Read Only folders can't set permissions for any file but mine

My issue is I have 25 users and an X-Serve and it seems like all the users
do not have the same permissions. More specifically if a user creates a
folder on the server only that user can access it. This is the same if the
user creates the folder on there desktop and then copies the files to the
server. But if they copy a "read only" folder or file (this happens more
with files) to there desktop and then they open the file save it and place
it back on the server there is no problem.
I also, have a user that whenever she creates a folder it automatically
set's itself to read only. No matter whether she copies from her desktop to
the server or visa versa. Every folder she creates is protected this way
here settings are all the same as everyone else. So I'm not sure if she is
unique or if the settings for my users are incorrect.
I did not set up the server or the user's so I'm really trying to catch up
quick. We are really suffering in that it totally slow's things down almost
to a crawl in some cases. I really hope you can help me out with this I've
attached some screen shot's and the X-Serve system profiler for background.
--

I suggest posting to the Xerve forum http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=854

PC not working (boot in read-only mode)

Hi there!
I am having a weired problem: Yesterday I shut down my pc, normally. Today I wanted to boot, but mounting the harddrive seems to fail. I cant really post the exact error message, because I dont know where to find the boot errors!
Arch boots me to a shell where I can log in, but my harddrive is readonly.
So my questions are: Is there a way to read the bootlog, the step after ::Loading Udev fails.
And how to remount my harddrive in read mode?
Thanks for your help
armin

I just found out the prob, and as Cippo said, the cause was an empty fstab. I am sweating like hell now

Email button doesn't work with Adobe Reader, only Acrobat

Hi,
I'm new to Adobe products and don't have much experience. Here's my problem.
I used LiveCycle Designer ES2 to create a fillable PDF form, with an email submit button. (uses mailto: to open users Outlook and attaches the pdf automatically)
The form is viewable by all, but the email button only works if opened with Acrobat.
Is there a way to have this work with Reader? We obviously don't have Acrobat licenses for every user.
Any support or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

The problem is deeper than that. It's not reader. Now the same form I was creating in LifeCycle Designer ES2 yesterday, with the actions working perfectly, no longer work. None of the actions are working.
Could it be realted to me trying to set the default version compatibility to Adobe 7. It gave me warnings, so I set it back to 9.
Any help would be appreciated.

SP2013 and Project 2013 - project files open in read-only mode with no options to edit only Save As

Hi all,
Environment:
SharePoint 2013 (15.0.4420.1017) RTM
Windows 8 - Project 2013 (15.0.4433.1506) 32Bit
Issue details:
When opening .mpp files stored within SharePoint they are opened successfully within Project 2013 however they are opened in Read-Only mode with no options to edit/check out only Save As. The
same outcome is experienced if you click the document link within SharePoint or you chose to edit from the document menu.
Opening the file through windows explorer also opens only in read-only mode.
To date we’ve tested the following
Windows 7 – Office 2010 = working as expected
Windows 8 – Office 2010 = working as expected
Windows 7 – Office 2013 = opening as read only, no prompt to edit
Windows 8 – Office 2013 – opening as read only, no prompt to edit
Current thinking is that it is an issue with either the SharePoint Office Documents Class ActiveX control or Project 2013 itself interacting with SharePoint 2013.
We have tested this in multiple SP2013 environments with the same outcomes.
The workaround therefore is to save locally and then upload again which is not ideal.
Unable to find an exact issue match to this.
Any help with this appreciated.

Hi Dan,
For us after investigating this further it was found that using the document menu to edit or checkout and then edit results in the project file being opened in read-only mode.
The same issue was present for Visio files.
Using the FILES ribbon menu results in the document being opened in edit mode successfully in both Project and Visio.
Please note that we found that this issue only exists within document libraries where checkout is required to edit which was our case. If checkout is not required the document
menu can also be used as expected.
Cheers,
Dan

10.5.5 sets external volume to read-only

Bizarre.
I have 4 external volumes (2 FW800, 2 USB 2.0) and one of the volumes suddenly shifted to read-only status after updating to 10.5.5 this afternoon. At least, that's the error message I get when I try to touch a file anywhere on the volume.
Problem started when I tried to open iTunes and got the error message "The folder 'Music' is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder." Get Info indicates that this user account does, in fact, have Read & Write permissions. Group and Other permissions are set to Read Only. Get Info does not allow me to select the lock to make changes, however, but nor is the "Locked" checkbox selected.
In Terminal, permissions for Volume "Little Brother" are indicated as:
drwxrwxr-x 11 <adminuser> staff 442 Aug 13 13:11 Little Brother
The Music folder in question appears to have the appropriate permissions as well:
drwxr-xr-x 14 <adminuser> staff 476 Sep 18 11:17 Music
Aside from the 10.5.5 update there have been no changes to the filesystem, and no files written to this drive.
I can touch files on each volume except for "Little Brother". Aside from chmodding the **** thing, does anyone have any recommendations for what I can do?
Thanks.

I think Ill just keep responding to this, every time Apple issues an update (patch) that causes the problem to resurface. I have contacted tech support. And they tell me they no nothing about this and have never heard about it. Then I tell them to check my support records. The issue is well documented there and goes back for many, many months.
So, today I came home to find that apparently my software update utility (which is set to NOT update the software) has updated my software. My brand new Western Digital external 2TB disk is off line and my Time Machine drive (1.5TB Maxtor) now appears to be completely after being kicked from the USB ever friggin time there is a software patch.
I'm trying one last time to recover following the procedure above - but once again I am running the procedure above against my 2TB user disk - so hopefully in 8 or 12 hours Ill know something. Thanks again to all the Windows developers who are now obviously working at Apple.

Fssnap on a Read-Only mounted volume?

Hello,
Is it possible to create a snapshot of a volume that is mounted read only ?
My guess is that it isn't...
Here is the scenario.
I have a mail server who's primary /mail parition is a volume on our new iSCSI SAN.
I have a backup server who mounts the same SAN volume read only.
I want to let the backup server backup that /mail volume to another volume, or to tape however...
In the past, when I attempt to perform a regular ufsdump w/o any fssnap I often run into errors and the dump is inconsistent.
DUMP: bread: dev_seek error: Error 0
DUMP: Warning - block 1922882290 is beyond the end of `/dev/md/rdsk/d20'
I'm finding this to still be the case, even though the volume is on the SAN and is mounted read only.
Are those errors indicitative of a major problem or are they simply due to the fact that the volume is actively being written to and read from?
From the mail server, when I run ufsdump after running fssnap on the /mail volume, I don't see these errors, however the load on the mail server severely increases to the point where users begin to experience problems and slowdowns.
From the backup server, if I can fssnap that read-only /mail SAN /volume then perhaps I can get reliable backups?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
--Raf

Here is a process I use all the time. And Yes you can fssnap a live system.
This artical is for x86 but you can adjust it to work for sparc.
http://solaris-x86.org/documents/tutorials/jsrestore.mhtml

Excel 2008, read-only file access from network volume

Hi,
Need some assistance please.
I recently setup a Macbook Pro 17" 2.4Ghz (10.5.2) and did a migration from a Powerbook G4. Installed Office 2008.
Excel will not open ANY files from a network volume without giving a read-only access error.
Word is ok and opens files fine.
drag the file from the network to the desktop and it opens ok. drag it back and it copys ok.
so, I created a new user and the problem persists.
I fired up a Macbook running 10.5.2 and Office 2008 and it logged onto the network fine and opened the excel docs just fine.
mmm, ok must be an OS problem.
So, I have just endured waiting for the archive and install to complete on the Macbook Pro and the problem is still there !!!!!
Help.
Is my only fix going to be a complete erase and start again from fresh ?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

right then, as it looks like I'm talking to myself....
I have just wiped clean the Macbook Pro.
I installed Leopard from scratch, then installed Office 2008.
Logged back onto the network share, and the read-only error came up again, ONLY in Excel.
bugger.
Did the same thing with my Macbook and all is fine.
Copy the file to the local hard drive, opens ok.
I then copied the file to another Mac on the network.
mmmm, opens fine.
what's the difference....
mmmm, the machine it opens fine from is running 10.4
the machine which hosts all the data is running 10.3.9
could this be the problem.
Just done a software update check on the 10.3 machine and there are some security updates that need doing.
Going to run that now and see what happens, otherwise I think the iMac running 10.3.9 is going to need to come up to 10.4 and fingers crossed this will solve it.

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