Problems with file sharing

[Graham Stoddart-Stones]

James/Brian: 

We have run Gnucash on a Linux virtual machine for many years. The file locking works fine, although there are regular emails flying around our company pleading with one person who has gone home in the UK (we are a multi-national) to log out of Gnucash so that the US people can get on with their entries! 

Another route that Windows users may wish to consider is putting the system on Microsoft's One Drive. We find that very useful, but again with the caveat that users must update the cloud chronologically, else transactions go missing if a later user overwrites a file before an earlier user has closed their files (thereby updating the cloud copy). Unfortunately, there is no Linux app for One Drive, so this is restricted to Windows and Mac users, but with care, it is very successful. 

In short, the system works fine for multiple users accessing the same data files, whether on a network drive or a virtual machine. The file locking means that you have to establish a procedure that ensures that each user closes gnucash on completion. 

Hope this helps! 

Graham 


From: "James Triplett" <jm-gnucash at vj8.net> 
To: "brian starnes" <starnsbrian at gmail.com> 
Cc: "gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 12:56:18 
Subject: Re: Problems with file sharing 

On (25/01/16 16:15), brian starnes wrote: 
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:15:44 -0500 
> From: brian starnes <starnsbrian at gmail.com> 
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
> Subject: Problems with file sharing 
> 
> I am trying to use gnucash to set up the finances for a new company. I want 
> the files to be accessible and editable by other members of the company. 

Here's a different approach: Install Gnucash on a Linux virtual machine. 
Everone then uses the same system. I wonder if anyone has tried this? 
Does GC handle file-locking, etc., for multiple people updating from different windows? 

James 

> I am having two problems. 
> 
> 1. When I save a file under a new name, the old file can't be located. When 
> i click on the old file to bring it up, the new file appears and i can't 
> figure out how to sepperate the two. 
> 
> 2. I've attempted to use google drive, drop box and email to share the 
> files. The person on the other end cannot open them. We have the same 
> version of gnucash and still the file won't open. 
> 
> If anyone could shed some light on these problems, it would be greatly 
> appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Brian 
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