[GNC] Gnucash 3.7 - flatpak cannot recognize second internal HDD & USB Flashdrive

[David H]

Frank,

Thanks for the tip! I was trying "flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash
--filesystem=/media/..../...." but obviously the --filesystem option was in
the wrong place :-)

Cheers David H.


On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 20:44, Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am 08.11.21 um 10:37 schrieb David H:
> > Also I'm not sure whether this setting
> > will be persisted through terminal sessions or upgrades to Gnucash - you
> > might have to do some reading to determine that but it seems to persist
> > between terminal sessions at least ;-)
> >
> > sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash
> --filesystem=/media/John/JETFLASH
>
> flatpak override …
> is persistent.
>
> For a single session you can use
> flatpak run --filesystem=/media/John/JETFLASH org.gnucash.GnuCash
>
> Nitpick:
> While I would add the PCSC socket for all users, if a card reader is
> pressent:
> sudo flatpak override org.gnucash.GnuCash --socket=pcsc
>
> I would not expose John's stick or mount point to other users, so: NO
> "sudo" or "--system" in this command.
>
> Regards
> Frank
>