Sharing Database - Windows/XP (RESTATED)

[Phillip Richcreek]

Fred,

I got Geert's message before yours arrived. He suggested grasping at
the "re-boot and try again" straw, which I did, and it seems to have
solved the problem. Thanks for your suggestions as well. Never hurts
to have a straw or two in reserve!

Thanks,

Phil(R)

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Fred Bone <webmaster at eacr.org.uk> wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2010 at 12:41, Phillip Richcreek said:
>
>> Thanks to all who have replied to this so far. The thread is getting a
>> bit tangled, so I'd like to restate the question, incorporating
>> information that was elicited by and/or stated from your responses and
>> my subsequent replies. If anyone has any further suggestion, I'd
>> appreciate it.
> [...]
>> The DELL system has granted "full control" permission (W/XP
>> terminology) for the Account Database directory to all users on both
>> DELL and HP. (In this context all users means, not specific,
>> individual users, but all users as a group.) I've verified that I can
>> write a new file,  update an existing file, and create a new
>> directory, from HP into the directory on the DELL system.
>
> A couple of other straws I'd try clutching at:
>
> 1. "save as" an XML file and see if you can open that across the network.
> I'm assuming (I haven't tried the unstable version) that the same .LCK
> file naming convention is used for both kinds of accountfile. Right now
> the assumption seems to be that the "can't obtain the lock" error is
> because Gnucash can't create the .LCK file, but there just might be some
> other mechanism failing.
>
> 2. I see you have spaces in the directory and file names so
> 2a. Map a driveletter to the directory, and try to access the database
> through that instead of the UNC name.
>
> 2b. Rename the database so it doesn't have a space in its filename.
> Fred Bone
> EACR Webmaster
>
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