Unable to save an existing Microsoft Word for MAC 2011 document on a Samba 3.6 share on RHEL6.4

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

When creating a document from Mac OS X using Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 application where the working directory and the smb share are on different filesystems, changing the document on smb share and attempting to save the document back, results in the following error:

Word cannot save this document due to a naming or permissions
error on the destination volume.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • Samba 3.6

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