User Management and Password Protect

[Tommy Trussell]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Hossain <contacthossain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I m new to GnuCash. I want to know is there anyway I password
> protect GnuCash.
> And Can I set user to the application ? Can I set privilege/restriction
> based on user level ?
>
>
As Michael replied, the answer is no, but you might want to see the FAQ for
some further explanation:
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Security:_Encryption.2C_Password_Feature.2C_.
..

also see below for your follow-up

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
 wrote:

>
> > On 14 Sep 2015, at 08:56, Hossain <contacthossain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I m new to GnuCash. I want to know is there anyway I password
> protect GnuCash.
>
> No, it’s a single-user application, and you are expected to
> password-protect access to the computer you’re using it on.
>
> > And Can I set user to the application ? Can I set privilege/restriction
> based on user level ?
>
> No, but the Gnucash data files are stored in the current user’s document
> folders. The exact implications of this will depend on the Operating System
> you’re using.
>
> The file-locking system on Gnucash is not designed to deal with multiple
> users.
>
> Perhaps you could describe what you’re trying to achieve in greater
> detail, specifying OS, and Gnucash version number.
>

The FAQ also contains some basic information that might be helpful when an
SQL database:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#SQL_Database



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