[GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission denied

Scott Ellsworth scott at fastmail.us
Fri Nov 16 22:05:06 EST 2018


Hi David and David,

I just solved the problem. Looking in the Ubuntu Software Center, I had
"gnucash-jz" installed. When I installed it, that was the only version
of Gnucash visible. Now when I looked again, I saw both that one and
"GnuCash" (it says that it's version "1:2.6.19-1"; I don't know what the
"1:" means). I just removed the former and installed the latter, and now
everything is working fine. I am able to open my data file in the
mounted volume with no issues.
The existence of these two versions of Ubuntu in the Software Store is
confusing.
Be Well,
 
Scott
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----- Original message -----
From: Scott Ellsworth <scott at fastmail.us>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission deniedDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:49:52 -0800

..also I looked all over online and didn't find anyone else discussion
this exact issue. I'm wondering if I should just reinstall the current
version, or install a newer version, or install the version I have on myother computer.
Be Well,
 
Scott
<<<< Scott Ellsworth || 415-625-3019 >>>>


----- Original message -----
From: Scott Ellsworth <scott at fastmail.us>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission deniedDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:43:58 -0800
Hello David and David,

The GnuCash data file is located in a Veracrypt volume. I never keep
myfinancial files outside of an encrypted volume. Of course I'm onlytrying to open it when the volume is decrypted/mounted. When I look at
the data file's properties, it says I'm the owner of it. If I try to
open the file from GnuCash, or if I click to open it, it still fails
thesame way, claiming a permission issue. But any other file in my
mountedvolume can open just fine: LibreOffice files, etc.It looks to me like the problem is that this version of GnuCash
doesn'twork with mounted volumes. Perhaps I should reinstall GnuCash, orinstall a different version.
Be Well,
 
Scott
<<<< Scott Ellsworth || 415-625-3019 >>>>


----- Original message -----
From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
To: DaveC49 <davidcousens at bigpond.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission deniedDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:25:36 -0600There could be several problems, and you may need to do some research
tofigure out which you are having and how to work around it.
First, are you able to open and mount the Veracrypt volume.  You will
needto have the Veracrypt program installed and running and have your
Veracryptkey to succeed with that part.  Second, some programs have
trouble workingwith network shared resources and others do not in
Ubuntu.  Youmay need touse your Files utility to navigate to the data
file on theVeracrypt Volumeand double click the filename to open the file.

There are more possibilities, but those are the first things to try.

Good Luck.

David C

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 7:48 PM David Cousens
<davidcousens at bigpond.com>wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Where is your data file located. The error message  indicates a
> permissions> problem not a problem in GnuCash itself. It may be that
> permissions> your> data file is> in
> a directory you do not own and you may not own the file itself. If
> you used> administrator privileges to copy the data file to
> your system> and/or create> the directory it is in for example. Your
> data file> should be located> somewhere under your home directory /home/<user>
> where <user> is your>> username.>
> ls -al <path-to directory> should list the permissions, owner and
> group for> your data file. They should be something like
> -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <username> <file-size> <date-time>
> '<filename>.gnucash
> You will also see log files and backup files in your directory.
> If this is> OK check up the directory tree
> 
> cd <path-to-directory>    # puts you in the directory containing
> your file> cd..                                 # puts you in the
> directory which> contains the directory containing your file> ls -al
> # list the directories and files>> The containing directory should
> have permissions something like:> 
> drwxr-xr-x 4 <username> <username> <size> <date-time> <directory-
> name>>> If the permissions especially for the file owner ( first group> after d or> -)
> are not rwx and you do not at least have read and write access to the>> directory GnuCash will not be able to open the file.>
> David Cousens
> 
> 
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