Authentication in GNUCash

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sun, 16 May 2010, Shenbaga Kumar S wrote:
> Hi
>  I am using GNUCash for the last 1 month. I am surprised by the fact that
> there is no initial authentication when I open GNUCash. All my accounts are
> visible right after opening GNUCash. I went through the mailing lists and
> could find info only about encrypting the data. Is there no simple
> 'Username', 'Password' authentication mechanism in GNUCash?
> 
> Regards
> Shenbaga Kumar

No.
GnuCash was not developed in the Windows World, but in the Unix world, where 
user accounts have the requirement to log in on startup.
It's a different philosophy.