how to fix missing access rights using iCloud files?

strattonrd · February 4, 2020, 1:29am

LibreOffice worked fine until I put my files on iCloud drive. Now I cannot edit any of them, even the files I create new. This must have something to do with the remote location of my file. This must be a common problem, but I find no answer it. I am using Windows 10 Pro version 1.0.18363 The LibreOffice version is 6.2.8.2 (x64)

anon73440385 · February 4, 2020, 12:04pm

Have you already tried to evaluate, whether your problem is associated with the creation of lockfiles on iCloud?

Test - Disable Creation of Lock File

Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> Advanced -> Button: Open Expert Configuration
Write UseLocking into the input line
Click button Search
Double click on Misc\UseLocking to change it from true to false
click OK
Restart LibreOffice

Note Don’t forget to revert the setting, if that’s not the cause of your problem

Alternative

Open File Explorer
Change to iCloud directory
Create a new file named .~lock.test.txt#

If that fails with a permission error - you got the cause.