Always Online?

[Derek Atkins]

Alice,

Alice on the Lake <alicelist at comcast.net> writes:

> 	Thank you both for your quick answers.  I would like to stop
> GnuCash from going
> online each time I open it.  If you find the reference for how to do
> that, I would
> appreciate your posting it.  

The issue is that GnuCash uses GConf behind the scenes to maintain its
configuration, and *THAT* service requires "Internet Access".  It's not
actually accessing the Internet at large, but it is using the local
network port to communicate back to itself, which makes windows think
that it's using the Internet.  Alas, there is no way around this, and
you need to enable it for GnuCash to work properly.  But rest assured,
it is NOT actually sending any information off your computer.  This
should be in the FAQ, because it's been asked often enough.

Also note that you don't have to be *ON* the internet for GnuCash to
work; GnuCash just needs access to the local network "port" in order to
contact GConf (which listens on the local network port).  The issue
really is that Windows doesn't have the same concept of "loopback" as
the rest of the world.

There is a plan to remove GConf from our dependencies (and switch to
GSettings), but that's alas probably not going to make the 2.6 release
timeframe so will unfortunately not be available until GnuCash 2.8.

> 	As for Q3, it's not a question, just a statement of why I'm so
> fussy about not
> wanting GnuCash to go online.  

Understood, and rest assured that GnuCash does NOT send any information
off your system.  The only real network usage from GnuCash is Quote
Retrieval, and only if you enable it.  Your data remains 100% on your
system, wherever you tell GnuCash to store it.

> Alice Harman, Attorney
> (503) 390-6000
> Direct Email: alice.harman at comcast.net

-derek

>
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:46:18 +1000, you wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:24:37 -0700
>>Alice on the Lake <alicelist at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 	I downloaded and installed GnuCash for Windows.  It always
>>> wants to go online.  I cannot open the program unless I give the
>>> *.exe file permission to go online.  Is this necessary?  
>>> 
>>> 	What if I don't have online access at some times? 
>>> 	Where are my GnuCash filed stored? 
>>> 	What information does GnuCash receive from my computer?
>>> 
>>> 	I am a lawyer, and I have to keep my accounting information
>>> confidential.  So this is important to me.
>>> 
>>> Alice Harman,
>>
>>Q1 There is some documentation about this bad habit of Windows, but I
>>can't find it in the FAQ this evening. I recall it can be stopped.
>>Q2 Your data is stored on your computer (in a place which you set)
>>Q3 I'm not sure what you mean. Could you rephrase the question?
>>
>>Liz
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