This was working before, with the same directory structure, though I am coming back from a break, and both the OS and libreoffice have been updated.
The error:
The lock file could not be created for exclusive access by LibreOffice, due to missing permission to create a lock file on that file location or lack of free disk space.
Libreoffice version is now:
Version: 7.4.5.1
Build ID: 40(Build:1)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Platform
Linux version 6.1.9-200.fc37.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.iad2.fedoraproject.org)
Details
There is plenty of free disk space.
I have group permissions for the shared directory. Editing the document in this directory used to create a lock file and allow me edit the document. But now I get said error.
For those who want the nitty-gritty, this transcript shows the following:
The shared directory folder is called documents. The document is system-startup.
The shared directory folder is owned by doc-team, and the group is called doc-team.
I am in group doc-team.
Our group has read and write privileges on the directory folder. The group sticky bit is set, so when the document is created in the folder it is owned by the group, in any case.
The document is owned by myself, and I have read and write access as the owner. It is in the group doc-team, and the group members have read and write access.
Hence I have permissions to write both the directory folder and the file.
This can be seen here:
> cd <to the project>
> ls -ld documents
drwxrws---. 1 doc-team doc-team 2418 Jan 30 21:36 documents
> groups
jonathan wheel doc-team ...
> cd documents
> ls -l system-starup.odt
-rw-rw----. 1 jonathan doc-team 74708 Jan 30 21:36 'system-startup.odt'
Is there a setting somewhere? How are shared folder docs done now, differently? (Am I missing something? yikes, would not be the first time.)
(The hack of making a copy, editing, and putting it back is fraught with problems. Beyond co-ordination, there is also the problem of document review, i.e. doing through a bunch of documents in a short time to make small edits. Another hack would be to back rev libreoffice. But maybe these hacks are not needed? Is there a setting someone? It would be nice to not be left behind in the updates.)