[GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

[Mahon Finbar]

Yes, you may be correct, seems likely, but, I was in the middle of a 
session on gnucash and had entered quite a number of transactions before 
the message appeared, which led to my OP.

I may have had finger problems, but, as I said the number of GNU files 
makes it difficult to focus in.

Thanks for the advice, Barry

On 27/08/2023 00:57, R Losey wrote:
> The "You don't have rights" message usually means that either the file 
> or folder does not have the permissions you'll need (I assume you know 
> whether or not you're out of space, and that you are not out of 
> space). This error is common when one user is trying to write files to 
> a  different user's directory -- most operating systems try to prevent 
> this, and your answers to the questions people asked indicate that you 
> ran GnuCash as two different users. One user may have read access to 
> the files, but not write access.  In that way, you'd go along merrily 
> until the Auto-save kicked in and then you'd see that error.
>
> You can check the rights on a file (or folder) by right-clicking on it 
> and selecting "Properties" and then looking at the permissions tab. 
> (note: I'm not at a windows computer, so I'm going by memory, and I 
> may be incorrect).
>
> It was your answers to questions that started all the Q&A - based on 
> your posts, it appeared that you were opening backup files instead of 
> the main file.
>
> I also assume that you are using GnuCash more-or-less as it came (that 
> is, you did change it to save to a database - you are  still saving to 
> a file named "<something>.gnucash".
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 11:02 AM Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user 
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>     I'd say you are almost certainly right, Adrian, but.....
>
>     There I was, sailing along at my usual boring, routine, data entry to
>     gnucash, as I have done since 2019.
>
>     On entering a transaction I got the message I have copied several
>     times,
>     that I don't have rights or space to save the transaction, never
>     saw it
>     before.
>
>     Put a question on here and a long series of q&a ensued.
>
>     I just needed a simple a - what is the meaning of the message? can
>     I 'go
>     back' to eliminate it? can I delete the entry? can I close down
>     gnucash
>     and restart with a new transaction, etc.
>
>     Things like you have two users on the same files, was news to me.
>
>     As time went by and the q&a got more complicated I lost the
>     sequence of
>     where we were, plus issues with trying to send page images.
>
>     Finally, I found myself with a 2022 gnucash file, and nothing
>     else, in
>     my administrato folder. BUT, whenever I tried to save that file,
>     just so
>     I could get on with my accounts, I got the same 'you need rights'
>     message.
>
>     A long way around, but no solution.
>
>     The help and advice I have had is terrific, but increasingly
>     confusing.
>     I wouldn't say I am an expert in accounting, I have a long history in
>     IT, but not specifically in GNU.
>
>     The one thing that has created the confusion for me is the
>     bewildering
>     array of files associated with my, in my mind, simple, accounting
>     needs.
>     I was not, and still am not familiar with the numerous files on
>     the same
>     date and time, what is the difference between 'backups' 'logs' and
>     the
>     last file I was working on. I appreciate the need to have security
>     in an
>     accounting software, but not the range of files.
>
>     Longwinded? yes.
>
>     Can I recover my situation in time for my tax return date of mid
>     November? I think I should delete everything and reload gnucash anew,
>     create 2022 and 2023 from my paper files and send the result for
>     2022 to
>     the taxman, (or woman in these liberated days)??
>
>     For those who get long strings of posts on the same topic, sorry for
>     boring you.
>
>     Barry
>
>     On 26/08/2023 09:03, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>     > Dimes to Dollars the permissions issue was that Barry was accessing
>     > the file as one user (Barry Mahon) but it was saved in the tree of
>     > another. (administrato)
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > Adrien
>     >
>     > On 8/25/23 6:30 PM, Maf. King wrote:
>     >> I've just had a thought on a possible reason the original file
>     could
>     >> not be
>     >> saved.  I may be barking up the wrong tree.....
>     >>
>     >> Does Win have a maximum length for a filename?
>     >>
>     >> If Barry (OP) has been repeatedly opening and working on
>     backups and
>     >> backups
>     >> of backups etc.., is it possible that repeated time-stamps have
>     hit
>     >> some sort
>     >> of string-length limit (either in Win, GC, Gnome-libs or whatever
>     >> layer)??
>     >>
>     >> Last time I was actively using MS for anything regularly, the
>     >> filename length
>     >> limit was 8+3 ... so I'll defer to pretty much anyone's opinion
>     on this!
>     >
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