[GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

[Mahon Finbar]

Sorry for any ignorance, but logged in to what or where? I get a splash 
screen with Mahon Finbar (my 'official,as on cheques) name on my 
(Lenovo) PC and a password.

Barry

On 27/08/2023 11:08, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> When you open that file (or any file) located in the 'administrato' 
> users' documents, are you logged in as the 'Barry' user?
>
> If so, THAT is why you do not have permission to save.
>
> Before we go any further, let's clear up that one question.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 8/26/23 11:01 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
>> I'd say you are almost certainly right, Adrian, but.....
>>
>> There I was, sailing along at my usual boring, routine, data entry to 
>> gnucash, as I have done since 2019.
>>
>> On entering a transaction I got the message I have copied several 
>> times, that I don't have rights or space to save the transaction, 
>> never saw it before.
>>
>> Put a question on here and a long series of q&a ensued.
>>
>> I just needed a simple a - what is the meaning of the message? can I 
>> 'go back' to eliminate it? can I delete the entry? can I close down 
>> gnucash and restart with a new transaction, etc.
>>
>> Things like you have two users on the same files, was news to me.
>>
>> As time went by and the q&a got more complicated I lost the sequence 
>> of where we were, plus issues with trying to send page images.
>>
>> Finally, I found myself with a 2022 gnucash file, and nothing else, 
>> in my administrato folder. BUT, whenever I tried to save that file, 
>> just so I could get on with my accounts, I got the same 'you need 
>> rights' message.
>>
>> A long way around, but no solution.
>>
>> The help and advice I have had is terrific, but increasingly 
>> confusing. I wouldn't say I am an expert in accounting, I have a long 
>> history in IT, but not specifically in GNU.
>>
>> The one thing that has created the confusion for me is the 
>> bewildering array of files associated with my, in my mind, simple, 
>> accounting needs. I was not, and still am not familiar with the 
>> numerous files on the same date and time, what is the difference 
>> between 'backups' 'logs' and the last file I was working on. I 
>> appreciate the need to have security in an accounting software, but 
>> not the range of files.
>>
>> Longwinded? yes.
>>
>> Can I recover my situation in time for my tax return date of mid 
>> November? I think I should delete everything and reload gnucash anew, 
>> create 2022 and 2023 from my paper files and send the result for 2022 
>> to the taxman, (or woman in these liberated days)??
>>
>> For those who get long strings of posts on the same topic, sorry for 
>> boring you.
>
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.