Fwd: Gnucash on two computers

[L. D. James]

On 04/11/2015 09:05 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Hans Karman <hans at karman.id.au>
> Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:39 PM
> Subject: Gnucash on two computers
> To: alex.aycinena at gmail.com
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> My wife and I would like to use Gnucash.  We each have our own computer and
> have joint accounts, and would like to use the one database on each
> computer, although not simultaneously.  At present we copy the database
> across each time, which is very error prone.  Is there a way that allows us
> to open a file on another networked computer?  The "Open" dialogue does not
> appear to allow such access.
>
>
>
> Hans Karman
>
> Canberra, Australia
You would have to tell us the exact error message that you're getting 
when you try to open the file across the network.  Are you able to open 
a regular word processor document across the network?

Also, can you open the file on one computer but can't open it up on the 
other computer?  If that is the case, your problem is that the remote 
computer is logged in as read-only.  You'll have to set up the network 
to allow both computer to have read/write access to the folder where the 
file is located.

As long as you have write access, you would be able to operate on the 
same file from either computer.  You just won't be able to do it from 
both computers at the same time.

Someone suggested that you should mention your OS.  If you mentioned 
your OS people could help you to configure your network for the proper 
access.

The main thing we need is the error message that you're getting. When we 
can confirm that your problem is a simple matter of permission, which 
the person who configured your network might easily be able to remedy 
just be ensuring that both computers have read/write access to the 
folder and the actual data file.

-- L. James

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L. D. James
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