Gnucash thinks data file is read-only, how to open it for writing?

[Colin Law]

On 18 July 2013 23:03, Ben Finney <ben+gnome at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> On 16 July 2013 02:03, Ben Finney <ben+gnome at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> > Howdy all,
>> >
>> > How can I convince Gnucash to open my data file for writing?
>>
>> I think there may be some confusion here as to exactly what symptom
>> you are seeing.
>>
>> Do you get an error or warning when you start gnucash or open the
>> accounts file?  If so, exactly what message?
>
> The error message was displayed only when I opened the file after
> re-starting the computer:
>
>> Ben Finney wrote:
>> > Recently, Gnucash (v. 2.4.13) failed to open a data file,
>> > complaining it couldn't get a lock. I closed Gnucash to deal with
>> > this, couldn't find a lock file anywhere, and re-opened Gnucash.
>> > From that point on, though, Gnucash doesn't complain, but neither
>> > will it allow me to save any changes to the file.
>
> I don't recall what the message was exactly.
>
>> What do you do to get the read only error, and exactly what message
>> are you seeing?
>
> There is no error message now. But the functions to save the file are
> disabled, as though the file is opened read-only.

With sqlite I believe it saves the data automatically each time you do
anything (though someone may correct me here).  If so then the Save
button is probably always greyed out.  I suspect it has been working
fine all along.

Colin