[GNC] since Catalina, unable to open gnucash

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And yet, still unanswered is why a user would put their data files into /opt in the first place...

On Jan 26, 2020, 15:49, at 15:49, Christian Lynbech <clynbech at gmail.com> wrote:
>I am fuzzy on the details, but one of the changes in catalina (as a way
>to implement SIP) is that the main is mounted twice, one mount point is
>read only and if one is accessimg /opt via the wrong mountpoint, wrting
>is prohibited. I also use MacPorts under catalina without problems, but
>that does not preclude that special procedures are needed to access
>/opt.
>
>/Christian
>
>> Den 26. jan. 2020 kl. 07.17 skrev Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au>:
>> 
>> This doesn’t sound right.
>> 
>> I use MacPorts, and MacPorts puts all if its files under /opt. I
>haven’t seen ant references on the MacPorts mailing list to /opt being
>reserved under SIP.
>> 
>> Peter
>> --
>> Peter West
>> pbw at pbw.id.au
>> …he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because
>they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
>> 
>>> On 26 Jan 2020, at 2:02 pm, D via gnucash-user
><gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It might be worth asking why OP is using /opt for their data files
>in the first place. It is more usual for users to place their personal
>files in the /users hierarchy (i.e., ~/).
>>> 
>>> On January 26, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Bruce Schuck
><bschuck at asgard-systems.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It seems that maybe the /opt directory tree is being restricted by 
>>> what OSX called System Integrity Protection.
>>> 
>>> Try following the steps to turn off SIP here:
>>> 
>>>
>http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/
>>> 
>>> If not, please open a terminal window and supply the output of the 
>>> command "ls -lR /opt".
>>> 
>>> - Bruce S.
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