Relocation of path for preference files?

Dean Gibson gnucash at ultimeth.com
Sun Dec 30 00:52:22 EST 2012


On 2012-12-29 21:39, David Carlson wrote:
> On 12/29/2012 10:04 AM, Steve wrote:
>> Is it possible to permanently redirect the path (location) of my preference
>> files (which preferences it's my understanding are totally reflected in:
>> .gconf, .gconfd, gnome2, .gnome2_private, .gnucash, and aqbanking)?
> Have you considered the possibility that some malefactor may find a way
> to purloin a copy of your data file?
>
> I would not put my data file in any cloud, regardless of how secure it
> appears to be.
>
> D

It's even worse than putting his data file in the cloud;  he wants to 
put aqbanking in the cloud.  Mine is less than 40KB.  It can be backed 
up to almost anything (eg, USB memory stick, which are pretty cheap) and 
secured off-site.

-- Dean


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