Gnucash multiuser remote (was Re: gnucash web interface)

[marthter]

Thanks for your reply.

If you meant "if each remote user is running GNU/Linux..." that doesn't 
help me because as I said, not all are using Linux.

If you meant "if the GnuCash machine is running GNU/Linux..." and that 
the others could use Windows-based X clients over ssh to start complete 
X sessions and run all programs that you normally run on the local 
desktop, I suppose that would work but is more involved than I was 
hoping to get.  For one thing, I am not aware of any Wondows-based X 
clients (aside from commercial ones) so I wouldn't call that "anywhere 
on the planet".  And anyway, if my only viable option is to get ssh 
tunnels into the picture, I would probably just pipe VNC through it 
instead of X (just because I've had more practice with VNC than setting 
my X server to accept remote connections).

Can you clarify which of those (or what else) you meant?  And/or does 
anyone else have any ideas for this situation where multiple users (some 
with Windows) on a (trusted) LAN would like to update the same GnuCash 
accounts?

For now, I guess I will try the postgres setup for the Linux machines on 
the LAN and leave the Win machines out of the loop.

I was hoping that the rumoured web interface (which Derek debunked as a 
false rumour) would mean that GnuCash listened on port 80 (or some 
specified port) for http requests and served up some flavour of its UI 
to anyone running a web browser, but I guess that was too wishful.  
Would there be a low-resistance path to implementing something like this 
given GnuCash's existing design?  I'm thinking abstractly about XML 
representations of the account tree and registers, and some <form> based 
UI to make changes, though I don't know enough about GnuCash to know how 
involved this would be.  Then make it https instead of http and I think 
you'd be able to address a fair number of small and medium business users.

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

~Martin


Herman wrote:

>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,
>

> On Tuesday 08 July 2003 1:29 pm, marthter wrote:
>
>>> ... 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.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>   Or suggest any other approaches to my multi-user situation
>>> (given not all family members are running Linux)?
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