Unable to disable file locking (WebDav FS)

[jorge27]

Hello all,

Im running Ubuntu 13:10 with Lo 4.1.3 or 4.2.5 .

I know this topic has been already commented, but it doesnt work on any version from 4.1.* to 4.2.* that I have
tried…

How to unlock file

My computer crashed while I had a file open in calc: “x.ods”. I’m now unable to open the file in write mode again, because calc says the file is already opened by an unknown user. What I tried: delete the lock file “.~lock.x.ods#” delete “~/.config/libreoffice” Is there yet another lock file which I have to delete? By the way, x.ods is not corrupted. If I change it’s name it opens fine.

http://wavesco.com/libreoffice-openoffice-file-locking-and-nfs/

I want to disable file locking in LO, get rid of the annoying “.~lock.XXXXXX” when working inside a DavFs FS.

Changing the line in the soffice script “export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING” doesnt work. Im running out of ideas…I have tested this solution, which is proposed in many places as the correct one, but is not working for me.

Thanks in advance,

Jorge.

[oweng]

Does the answer here relating to GVFS issues help as a workaround? According to bug fdo#39529, locking has never been implemented for WebDAV and yet it appears there was a problem with LO not releasing lock files over WebDAV (fdo#72157) which has been fixed for v4.2.6 and v4.3. I am a bit confused at this, so have commented in the former bug for some clarity on the situation.

EDIT: It appears the fix for fdo#72157 was only partial. Bug fdo#82744 indicates that File > Save still mistakenly releases the lock on the file.

With regard to turning off file locking I presume the environment variable (SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING) was commented out (as suggested in the README) rather than set to a value? This seems the only method of turning off locking that I can find.

[jorge27]

Dont think so, the problem is that “.locks.*” are still appearing on the davfs FS even when I have disabled them. It is a problem of LO, that doesnt disable lock although I have followed the instructions to do so:

How to unlock file

My computer crashed while I had a file open in calc: “x.ods”. I’m now unable to open the file in write mode again, because calc says the file is already opened by an unknown user. What I tried: delete the lock file “.~lock.x.ods#” delete “~/.config/libreoffice” Is there yet another lock file which I have to delete? By the way, x.ods is not corrupted. If I change it’s name it opens fine.

It might be a bug…

[oweng]

@jorge27, I have updated my answer (nothing much to offer though). I can bug reports for lock files not being created, but none for the environment variable not working as expected. Generally users want the files locked. What type of WebDAV access are you using e.g., Alfresco CMIS?