Opening my accounts over a network

[allan]

Hi,

I have a samba export of the gnucash data directory from a home server which connects two laptops (not at the same time) 
running NT2000 and Ubuntu. We have not experienced any problems save for when gnucash is open and the OS crashes which 
leaves a lock file; the lock file is easily removed by either client. Point is: remote file service connections work for 
us without problems. The only caveat I see is the file service must be connected prior to invoking gnucach else it will 
ask to create a new data file. We have found it is best to close gbucash at that point, connect up then restart gnucash. 
No prolems.

Peace,
Allan Emord



John Ralls wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:44 AM, doug1953s at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> I have two computers that can connect via sshfs. 
>> The account files are kept on one computer and 
>> most of the work is done there, however I want 
>> to be able to connect from my laptop 
>> so that I can update accounts on the run. 
>>
>> When I open GNUCash from the laptop it wants to
>> make new accounts. 
>>
>> Is there a way to open the correct file
>> on the home computer. 
>> (I can access all my directories and files as 
>> if they were locally mounted)
> 
> That may be, but users have reported troubles in the past with files on remote filesystems, even when mounted locally.  However, it sounds like you haven't gotten that far. What happens when you try to open the file explicitly (i.e., File>Open, navigate to the appropriate directory, select the account file (not an .xac or .log!), and click on "Open"?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
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