Excel file .xlsx is locked for editing in Samba share
Issue
- Warning message
filename.xlsx is locked for editing
appears when attempting to open an Excel file (.xlsx) - The file becomes read-only, even after read-write permission is given to user's group
- The file is stored in smb share
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Samba (smb)
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