Gnucash thinks data file is read-only, how to open it for writing?

[John Ralls]

On Jul 15, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Ben Finney <ben+gnome at benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> Howdy all,
> 
> How can I convince Gnucash to open my data file for writing?
> 
> Recently, Gnucash (v. 2.4.13) failed to open a data file, complaining it
> couldn't get a lock. I closed Gnucash to deal with this, couldn't find a
> lock file anywhere, and re-opened Gnucash. From that point on, though,
> Gnucash doesn't complain, but neither will it allow me to save any
> changes to the file.
> 
> The file has the correct filesystem permissions to allow me to write it.
> I can't find any lock file remaining in the directory. How can I
> instruct Gnucash to open the file for writing?

Might the enclosing directory be read-only? Are you using a SQL backend?
What OS are you using?

Regards,
John Ralls