<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Catalina: Can't open attachments in Mail due to Lock File issues" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128526#c14">Comment # 14</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Catalina: Can't open attachments in Mail due to Lock File issues" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128526">bug 128526</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:janedickler.lebow@gmail.com" title="janedickler.lebow@gmail.com">janedickler.lebow@gmail.com</a> <pre>(In reply to Alex Thurgood from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=128526#c3">comment #3</a>) > (In reply to Xisco Faulí from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=128526#c2">comment #2</a>) > > @Alex, do you reproduce this issue ? > > I never use Mac Mail.app as IMHO it is a pile of security-hole ridden sh** > > Unable to test, sorry. > > The lock file message is probably Catalina's way of telling you that LO is > trying to step outside of the allowed jail (secure container) in which apps > are now supposed to run. LO creates a lock file (hidden file) of the file to > be modified when you load it into memory for the purposes of file recovery > in the event of a crash. I'm guessing that LO is attempting to create this > lock file in a directory that is now forbidden by Catalina's security policy. This happened to me also when I tried to open several files in Mojave, which I installed only yesterday on my MacBook Pro. Is there some way to disable all this without doing some fancy maneuvers? The files opened just fine before yesterday, and though I know enough about my Mac to handle things, generally, I don't understand other than straightforward instructions for technology, need steps of actions and no scary stuff. (I know I sound like an idiot, but I want to be plain about what kinds of instructions you can send me and expect me to succeed in following them.) I'm very dismayed. This never happened to me before; I am the only one using the files (not attachments, nor Apple Mail messages but I must open those also), so I shouldn't have to get permission to open them; I don't want to lock anything; and I don't want read/write only nor to have to copy any file that no longer works. Is there something I can do? I'm wishing now that I had never gone to LibreOffice. I have so many .odt files now, so if they won't open, I'll be stuck. I hope you can help me.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>