Excel 2007 read-only issue

Iakov Dlikman

Hi all!

We are using Confluence 4.2.7, and Excel 2007. Opening an Excel-sheet results in an error message saying the file is opened as read-only.

Any suggestions or possible workaround?

Much appreciated.

Iakov

rsperafico

Hi Iakov,

I would kindly ask you to right-click on your (.xls) or (.xlsx) file and check if the same is marked as read-only. If so, uncheck this option.

Alternatively,

If you are running Windows, please do the following command on your terminal as Administrator:

calcls <PATH>/<TO>/<FILE> /e /p {USERNAME}:{PERMISSION}

where:
<PATH>/<TO>/<FILE>, correspond to where your file is located (e.g.: C:\temp\file.xls)
/e, Edit permission and kept old permission as it is i.e. edit ACL instead of replacing it.
/p, Set new permission
{USERNAME}, please add your User (e.g.: C:\Users\Iakov)
{PERMISSION}, permission can be:

• R - Read
• W - Write
• C - Change (write)
• F - Full control

Further information can be found on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490872.aspx

If you are running Linux/Mac OS, please do the following:

sudo chmod {USER}+{PERMISSION} <PATH>/<TO>/<FILE>

where:
{USER}, user(s) who will be granted:

• u - User who owns the file
• g - Group that owns the file
• o - Other
• a - All

{PERMISSION}, permission can be:

• r - Read the file
• w - Write or edit the file
• x - Execute or run the file as a program

<PATH>/<TO>/<FILE>, correspond to where your file is located (e.g.: /var/temp/file.xls)

Kind regards,
Rafael