How to organize multiuser gnucash data base on linux?

[Derek Atkins]

Create a gnucash data directory; make the directory owned by the group;
set the directory mode setgid.  Make sure everyone has a umask of "2"

-derek

Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann at web.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm organizing my household finances with gnucash (for a long time now).
> I have recently tried to split the accounting work with other people I'm
> living with, but I haven't had a lot of luck doing so. On my Linux
> system I have set up a group containing all the users who are supposed
> to access the data base in question and chowned the data base
> accordingly. This model fails, since gnucash always chownes the data
> base to the last user saving it. Could anybody give me any insight into
> how to deal with the problem of accessibility to a gnucash database
> through multiple user accounts?
>
> Thanks, Joh
>
> PS: if this shows up twice it's because I have sent it through the wrong
> email account first and the group administrator decided to post it
> anyway. Joh
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