Bart Dorlandt - BAMweb.nl

Using OpenOffice (2.2 or higher) with files located on a NFS share causes problems. Simply said, you are not able to open the file for writing and/or you are not able to save the file. (depending on the format you use)

A solution for this will be the following:

edit /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice, go to line 102

if [ -z "$SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING" ]; then
    case "$FILE_LOCKING" in
  auto)
        file_or_home_on_nfs "$@"
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # file locking now enabled by default
      SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
      export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
  fi

Comment out the line "export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING". So it looks like:

if [ -z "$SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING" ]; then
    case "$FILE_LOCKING" in
  auto)
        file_or_home_on_nfs "$@"
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # file locking now enabled by default
      SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
      #export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
  fi

You are done. Save the file and test it.

Remember to do this after an upgrade of OpenOffice. But you'll notice it anyway