Authentication in GNUCash

[Jean-David Beyer]

John Ralls wrote:
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>> Perhaps this is an Ubuntu/Debian installation issue.
> 
> I don't think Gnucash messes with the permissions at all (which many 
> experienced Unix users would consider to be rude). It's therefore 
> following your umask, which usually defaults to 022. If you're 
> actually sharing your computer, you probably want to set it to 024, 
> which will block anyone not in your group (which nowadays defaults to
>  just you) from reading any file you create. Alternatively, you could
>  just change the mode of the directory where you save your accounting
>  files to 700 (rwx------); then it won't matter what access is on the
>  files, no one but you and root will be able to see them. (But think 
> this through: Your backups may be being run by an unprivileged 
> userid, so you'll have to accommodate that.)
> 
You seem to be right. The reason my permissions come out 0640 is because 
my umask is 027. And my files are owned by me and the group is mine.


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