[SOLVED] LibreOffice Document is locked for editing by: Unknown User
by mfoley from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5NZXB)
I've posted this question on the ask.libreoffice.com forum, but they seem to be focused on Windows and are not helping much. I just upgraded to Alien Bob's Libreoffice 7.2.0 from 6.4.6 on Slackware-Current; not sure the upgrade bit matters in this case. While creating a document my desktop crashed. After restarting and logging back in I could not edit/save that document. I kept getting the message Document is locked for editing by: Unknown User". Saving or copying to a different directory didn't help. If I told Writer to Open Copy", I could edit and save that copy to a different file name, but if I tried to edit that new document I had the same problem. This problem has persisted through re-logins and power downs.
Pretty much all of the solutions" I have read about are related to Windows and removing .lock files. This is Linux, not Windows. There are no .lock files in any of the directories to which I have copied these documents. I had to complete editing my document in MS Word.
The LibreOffice forum suggested I re-create the profile, which I did resetting to factory. Didn't help. Does anyone have any idea how LibreOffice detects a locked file?
I also restored the profile to before I upgraded or created the document(s). Same error.
Pretty much all of the solutions" I have read about are related to Windows and removing .lock files. This is Linux, not Windows. There are no .lock files in any of the directories to which I have copied these documents. I had to complete editing my document in MS Word.
The LibreOffice forum suggested I re-create the profile, which I did resetting to factory. Didn't help. Does anyone have any idea how LibreOffice detects a locked file?
I also restored the profile to before I upgraded or created the document(s). Same error.