gnucash web interface

Herman Herman at AerospaceSoftware.com
Tue Jul 8 15:03:50 CDT 2003


If you run GNU/Linux, then you can log into your accounting PC from anywhere 
on the planet and run the program remotely.  That is the advantage of 
X-Windows and the Secure Shell ssh.

Cheers,
-- 
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On Tuesday 08 July 2003 1:29 pm, marthter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I vaguely remember reading (a while back, somewhere on the web) that
> GnuCash had some sort of a web interface.  This would be an awesome
> feature in my situation because there is a small business operating out
> of our house and it would be great if multiple family members could
> enter expenses and stuff from their own PCs, rather than going down to
> the GnuCash PC and interrupting that person.
>
> I could find no information on this in the help, or on the GnuCash web
> site.  Google for ' gnucash "web interface" ' turned up a bunch of
> incidental matches and this Linux Journal article:
>
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5669
>
> But the only mention of "web interface" is in passing at the end of this
> paragraph:
>
> "If needed, this program can grow with your business: recently
> multi-user support has been added, using a PostgreSQL back end. In the
> case of a growing enterprise, it is easy to imagine that you may have to
> enter a lot of transactions in a short time. This can be realized using
> the Import function, which uses QIF data files. A web interface also can
> be added."
>
>
> Anyway, that article was June 2002 and GnuCash 1.4 (it seems) so I don't
> know how relevant that is.  I am afraid that the "web interface" they
> are referring to is just the ability to use the help browser as a web
> browser (or perhaps the web interface for price quotes).
>
> Can anyone point me to more information on GnuCash's rumoured "web
> interface"?  Or suggest any other approaches to my multi-user situation
> (given not all family members are running Linux)?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> ~Martin
>
>
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