[GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

[R Losey]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 11:20 AM Michael or Penny Novack <
stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> I think Barry might need more....
>
> a) While you are logged in as "Barry" and "Barry" is an ordinary user
> you might be able to READ a file in the user "Administrator" data area
> but you will not have permission to write to if.
>
> b) While you are logged in as "administrator" (a super user) you would
> be able to both read and write to any file on the computer regardless of
> what user's data area it is in. THAT is what your "administrator" log in
> is for. You should NOT be logged in as administrator unless you need
> that "super power"
>
> c) With a little time and patience we mat be able to help you untangle
> the mess you are in. But unless you are able to break the habit of doing
> ordinary work while logged in as administrator, might recur. You also
> need to learn to give meaningful names to your data files (so you can
> find them, distinguish from files with similar names), put into a
> defined location (directory aka "file folder") and if troublesome to
> you, control the number of "backup" and:"log files" retained.
>
> NOTE --- (going to put on my old senior analyst hat for a moment) ......
> Barry, is there any chance that you once had your "Barry" log in
> specified to have "administrator rights" and you recently, quite
> properly,  respecified "Barry" to be just an ordinary user? And then all
> of a sudden, logged in as "Barry" could no longer save? Because if you
> originally created you gnucash books while logged in as "administrator"
> but found that all worked fine while logged in as "Barry" (but "Barry"
> ALSO had administrator rights) Because in that case, what you are
> experiencing is exactly what I would expect to happen. Administrator
> rights are like a superpower, can access any user's data.
>
> Michael D Novack
>

A thought: I assume GnuCash needs admin rights to install (as many apps
do). I normally download programs as myself (and ordinary user) and install
them, providing my administrator credentials upon request. At the end of
the install, some programs ask if I want to run the program. When doing an
install as I've outlined, I always answer "no", because I'm afraid that the
installation program may still be running as the administrator or with
admin rights. Thus, I decline to run it, and run it separately as myself.

Maybe he did an update of GnuCash, and then ran it as the admin  without
realizing? Is that possible??

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