Sharing Database - Windows/XP

[Phillip Richcreek]

Mike,

Thanks for your reply.

>  One one person can have the database open at at time.
In retrospect, I can see that my original message implied that I want
to have the database open for read/write by two users at the same
time. I don't expect that. But I do want either user/computer to be
capable of writing to the database, provided no other user has it open
for write access at the same time.

I failed to state that, when I received the gnucash unable to obtain
the lock message, no other user had the database open -- neither for
read-only nor for write. That's what makes me suspect that it's
something in my Windows configuration that is causing the problem.

I hope someone who is doing what I'm trying to do can help me
understand where I'm going wrong with my Windows sharing settings.

Phil


On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM, M Prindle <mprindle at pobox.com> wrote:

> GNUCash is a single user system only and it's not dependent on the OS.
>  One one person can have the database open at at time.  Both computers
> can access the database, but separately.  As far as I know there is no
> way around this currently.  The message unable to obtain lock is
> GNUCash's way of protecting the database while it's open.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Phillip Richcreek
> <pwrichcreek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want to access  gnucash accounts from two computers, with both
>> having read/write access. When I open the database I get message
>> "gnucash could not obtain the lock for \\Dell-8250-den\network shared
>> files\GnuCash\Account Database". I choose the option to "open the
>> database for read only" and the accounts show up as expected -- so I
>> know I'm able to access the desired file, but apparently for
>> read-only.
>>
>> I suspect that this is a Windows issue, but I wonder if anyone
>> subscribed here has experience with this configuration and if so, can
>> help me understand what I need to change in my Windows sharing setup?
>> I'm running Windows/XP SP3 with all patches up to date.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Phil
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