Open a file that has no read-only *attribute*, but that is located in a directory that has read-only permissions for the given user. For example, use a document from share: on Windows, it is at C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\template\shellnew on Ubuntu, it is at opt/libreoffice7.3/share/template/common/internal Both locations on both OSes are non-writable for non-elevated user. Or an empty document could be created in such a location as a root/admin for testing. Trying to open a document from such a document in LibreOffice on Ubuntu opens the document in read-only mode (with an infobar), without any dialogs. Trying to open a document from such a document in LibreOffice on Windows first opens a dialog: > Document file 'soffice.odt' is locked for editing by: > > Unknown User > > Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing. > Select Notify to open read-only and get notified when the document becomes editable. On Windows, if the document in such a location *in addition* gets a read-only *file attribute*, like running 'attrib +R "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\share\template\shellnew\soffice.odt"' as admin, it starts opening the same way as on Linux: without any dialog, right into read-only mode with an infobar. It is likely because on Linux, the permissions are connected to file attributes, while on Windows, ACL is unrelated to attributes; but the difference in behavior in conceptually similar (same) situations is confusing and inconvenient. E.g., it results in inconvenience (unneeded dialogs) when opening files from read-only locations, like in https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/read-only-is-on-purpose-but-libreoffice-always-ask-what-i-want-to-do/79795.
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Balazs Varga committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/1b5d039d8b5861b5ea21ef00ff521c6e2565105f tdf#150118 check file permissions on windows if have no readonly It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/1a4f72f03b1bd49d486e52135e78971242fae649 tdf#150118: fix call to AccessCheck It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.