Rclone - samba - libreoffice

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

When mounting a smb share. I am accessing a LibreOffice file. When I open the file and go to save, i am met with the error:

"Document Has Been Changed by Others"

The file has NOT been changed by others.

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone --version
rclone 1.64.2
- os/version: fedora 39 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.5.11-300.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.21.1
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Samba backend from local fileserver. Also over VPN.

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

I use a slightly modified version from:

rclone@.service file

[Unit]
Description=RClone mount of users remote %i using filesystem permissions
Documentation=http://rclone.org/docs/ https://github.com/rclone/rclone/wiki/Systemd-rclone-mount
After=network-online.target


[Service]
Type=notify
#Set up environment
Environment=REMOTE_NAME="%i"
Environment=REMOTE_PATH="/"
Environment=MOUNT_DIR="%h/%i"
Environment=POST_MOUNT_SCRIPT=""
Environment=RCLONE_CONF="%h/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
Environment=RCLONE_TEMP_DIR="/tmp/rclone/%u/%i"
Environment=RCLONE_RC_ON="false"

#Default arguments for rclone mount. Can be overridden in the environment file
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_ATTR_TIMEOUT="1s"
#TODO: figure out default for the following parameter
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_DAEMON_TIMEOUT="UNKNOWN_DEFAULT"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_DIR_CACHE_TIME="60m"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_DIR_PERMS="0777"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_FILE_PERMS="0666"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_GID="%G"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_MAX_READ_AHEAD="128k"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_POLL_INTERVAL="1m0s"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_UID="%U"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_UMASK="022"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MAX_AGE="1h0m0s"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MAX_SIZE="off"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MODE="off"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_POLL_INTERVAL="1m0s"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_READ_CHUNK_SIZE="128M"
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_READ_CHUNK_SIZE_LIMIT="off"
#TODO: figure out default for the following parameter
Environment=RCLONE_MOUNT_VOLNAME="UNKNOWN_DEFAULT"

#Overwrite default environment settings with settings from the file if present
EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/rclone/%i.env

#Check that rclone is installed
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -x /usr/bin/rclone

#Check the mount directory
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -d "${MOUNT_DIR}"
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -w "${MOUNT_DIR}"
#TODO: Add test for MOUNT_DIR being empty -> ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -z "$(ls -A "${MOUNT_DIR}")"

#Check the rclone configuration file
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -f "${RCLONE_CONF}"
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/test -r "${RCLONE_CONF}"
#TODO: add test that the remote is configured for the rclone configuration

#Mount rclone fs
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount \
            --config="${RCLONE_CONF}" \
            --rc="${RCLONE_RC_ON}" \
            --cache-tmp-upload-path="${RCLONE_TEMP_DIR}/upload" \
            --cache-chunk-path="${RCLONE_TEMP_DIR}/chunks" \
            --cache-workers=8 \
            --cache-writes \
            --cache-dir="${RCLONE_TEMP_DIR}/vfs" \
            --cache-db-path="${RCLONE_TEMP_DIR}/db" \
            --no-modtime \
            --drive-use-trash \
            --stats=0 \
            --checkers=16 \
            --cache-info-age=60m \
            --attr-timeout="${RCLONE_MOUNT_ATTR_TIMEOUT}" \
#TODO: Include this once a proper default value is determined
#           --daemon-timeout="${RCLONE_MOUNT_DAEMON_TIMEOUT}" \
            --dir-cache-time="${RCLONE_MOUNT_DIR_CACHE_TIME}" \
            --dir-perms="${RCLONE_MOUNT_DIR_PERMS}" \
            --file-perms="${RCLONE_MOUNT_FILE_PERMS}" \
            --gid="${RCLONE_MOUNT_GID}" \
            --max-read-ahead="${RCLONE_MOUNT_MAX_READ_AHEAD}" \
            --poll-interval="${RCLONE_MOUNT_POLL_INTERVAL}" \
            --uid="${RCLONE_MOUNT_UID}" \
            --umask="${RCLONE_MOUNT_UMASK}" \
            --vfs-cache-max-age="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MAX_AGE}" \
            --vfs-cache-max-size="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MAX_SIZE}" \
            --vfs-cache-mode="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MODE}" \
            --vfs-cache-poll-interval="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_POLL_INTERVAL}" \
            --vfs-read-chunk-size="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_READ_CHUNK_SIZE}" \
            --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_READ_CHUNK_SIZE_LIMIT}" \
#TODO: Include this once a proper default value is determined
#            --volname="${RCLONE_MOUNT_VOLNAME}"
            "${REMOTE_NAME}:${REMOTE_PATH}" "${MOUNT_DIR}"

#Execute Post Mount Script if specified
ExecStartPost=/bin/sh -c "${POST_MOUNT_SCRIPT}"

#Unmount rclone fs
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -u "${MOUNT_DIR}"

#Restart info
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

env file:

RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MODE=writes
RCLONE_MOUNT_DIR_CACHE_TIME=5s

Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.

[redacted]
type = smb
host = XXX
pass = XXX
domain = XXX

A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag

I didn't notice anything in the logs from journalctl

2

Have you tried RCLONE_MOUNT_VFS_CACHE_MODE=full? This is the closest you can get for mount to behave like regular filesystem which is often needed if you want to open/save files directly from a mount.

Also on local network you might be much better off simply using your OS smb mount as rclone smb implementation relies on an upstream third-party library and unfortunately it does not seem like actively maintained - Issues · hirochachacha/go-smb2 · GitHub - last commit there was more than 1 year ago...

3

Try changing this to "writes"

5

One thing I like about RCLONE is the fact that it will encrypt the password for mounting the CIFS mount. I also will be using this over VPN on my laptop.

I have tried full and I seemed to have the same issue. I will give it another try though.

6

If you double check my original post, you will see I have that already. That was required for libreoffice to even open the file.

7

Nope it does not - it is only obfuscated. Anybody can "decrypt" it. If this is important then use OS provided security features like keychain.

And try Libre office with regular smb mount (without rclone). Quick google tells me that many people for years experience "Document Has Been Changed by Others" with LibreOffice and Samba. So might be nothing to do with rclone at the end.

8

Good to know on the encryption. Regular CIFs mount was not an issue.