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

[Colin Law]

On 16 July 2013 02:03, Ben Finney <ben+gnome at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> How can I convince Gnucash to open my data file for writing?

I think there may be some confusion here as to exactly what symptom
you are seeing.

Do you get an error or warning when you start gnucash or open the
accounts file?  If so, exactly what message?

What do you do to get the read only error, and exactly what message
are you seeing?

Colin

>
> 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?
>
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