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File no longer "locked for editing" when in use

Started by x123 , Nov 27 2012 08:40 AM

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x123

Posted 27 November 2012 - 08:40 AM

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Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I have a Excel file that was recently moved from a Windows server to a Linux server, and now multiple people can open and edit it without receiving a "this file is locked for editing by another user" message. On top of that, this file has been periodically "disappearing", apparently being renamed as a .tmp file, with the latest update to the file being lost. Is this something that can be fixed by changing a setting in Excel, or does something need to be changed on the server?