[GNC] Accessing data on a windows share from a link app, (Brad Morrison)

Thu Feb 20 14:46:56 EST 2025

So far I have found that /run/user/11001 is a tmpfs file system which is 
currently in use by by about 30 processes!!!

On 2025-02-20 11:41 a.m., Mike Brady wrote:

> Using Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon dual-booting with Windows 11 on a 
> desktop. Also using Windows 11 on a laptop with either Onedrive or USB 
> stick copies of the Gnucash database.
>
> Bookkeeper uses using Windows 10; trying to decide whether to upgrade 
> to 11 (her computer qualifies) or buy a new computer with it. Has seen 
> me using Linux, but not sure she wants that as an only OS.
>
> And another thought: I dual-boot, so there's no chance of accidentally 
> changing the data file while it's open in both OS at the same time. 
> Somebody running Linux in a VM under Windows (or vice versa), or with 
> multiple computers accessing the main file in network-attached storage 
> (aka a server?), does have that danger, mitigated somewhat by Gnucash 
> file locking which tries to be sure only one user has write access 
> (but easy to override) and any locking provided by the server OS.
>
> Using the same or near-same version of Gnucash all over: 5.10 on 
> Windows and Linux (via Flatpack in Linux - the Ubuntu repository 
> otherwise used by Mint is massively out of date). Until recently the 
> bookkeeper was using 5.8 (I recommended upgrade and showed her how to 
> use winget to do that easily) which was no problem in terms of file 
> compatibility.
>
> A side question not really relevant here, though: when is 5.11 coming 
> out? Winget seems to think that 5.10 (installed) is 5.1, and downloads 
> and installs 5.10 *every time I run it*. Annoying and a waste of 
> bandwidth. 5.11 will probably fix that.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike Brady
>
> On 2/20/2025 8:09 AM, Brad Morrison (via 
> gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org) wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:18:35 -0800
>> From: Brad Morrison <bradmorrison at sonic.net>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
>> Message-ID: <8fda282f456b0feb99840ac9ca39f6e6 at sonic.net>
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>> Hi Mike & GNUCash users,
>>
>> Possibly minor point, but what version of Linux Mint are you using?
>> https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php
>>
>> Does your bookkeeper use Windows or Linux to access your GNUCash data
>> file?
>>
>> ---
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ &
>> https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4 &
>> https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison
>>
>> On 2025-02-19 09:10, Mike Brady wrote:
>>
>>> Couple more notes:
>>>
>>> I dual-boot Windows 11 and Linux Mint on the same machine. Windows 
>>> and Linux are installed on separate physical disks (though separate 
>>> partitions work the same way), and data are on other separate disks 
>>> (machine has 2 SSDs and 2 HDs. Mint (Gnucash 5.10 in Flatpack) has 
>>> no problem working with the Gnucash data files on the separate data 
>>> disk (NTFS) out of the box. Other flavors of Linux might need 
>>> something added to do that. Primary system used for Gnucash work, 
>>> however, is Window. Because of dual-booting, there is no possibility 
>>> of both OS's having the data file open at the same time.
>>>
>>> I don't regularly do it, but I can also copy my Gnucash data to 
>>> Onedrive and work on if from a different machine. Onedrive simply 
>>> acts as network-attached storage in that application. Gnucash does 
>>> simple locking when opening the file, so there would be at least a 
>>> speed bump if somebody else tried to open the file from Onedrive 
>>> while I was working on it. Again, seldom used.
>>>
>>> My main way of sharing the Gnucash data is by sneakernetting USB 
>>> sticks with the bookkeeper. Then, of course, trying to remember 
>>> where the most recent copy of the data file is ... I'm prone to 
>>> "Dory" moments (see "Little Mermaid"). ;-)
>>>
>>> Yes, more questions need to be answered...
>>>
>>> Mike Brady
>>>
>>> On 2/19/2025 7:34 AM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote: 
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:34:41 -0500
>>> From: Michael or Penny Novack<stepbystepfarm at comcast.net>
>>> To:gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
>>> Message-ID:<401c0282-19d3-4aa6-b71c-e585f07c5dcb at comcast.net>
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>>>
>>> On 2/19/2025 3:07 AM, Geoff wrote: This is a Windows/Linux 
>>> networking question, not specific to GnuCash
>>> per se. Yes, and there OTHER questions you need to answer. Are these 
>>> two different machines (connected by a LAN)? Is this on the same 
>>> machine? If so, is this two separate partitions? Or is Linux running 
>>> in a Windows partition (by one of the ways that can be done) or vice 
>>> versa? Oh, one more possibility. Here my cable-wireless modem has 
>>> several Ethernet and USB ports (for example, our printers connect to 
>>> the modem by Ethernet*) So COULD have a data drive connected with 
>>> the gnucash data not on either machine. Michael D Novack * One of 
>>> those printers WOULD support direct wireless, but the if off 24+ 
>>> hours I'd have to go through getting it reconnected.
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>> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:24:11 -0800
>> From: Brad Morrison <bradmorrison at sonic.net>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
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>> Hi Griffin/GNUCash users,
>>
>> What Linux distro & version are you running on your Linux laptop?
>> https://distrowatch.com/
>>
>> Are the versions of GNUCash on the Windows 10 desktop & the laptop
>> running Linux the same?
>>
>> https://gnucash.org/download.phtml - the current version of GNUCash is
>> 5.10 for all the operating systems listed
>>
>> ---
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ &
>> https://nextdoor.com/profile/01mP46jj8KCzj3sP4 &
>> https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison
>>
>> On 2025-02-19 13:10, griffin wrote:
>>
>>> I have two different computers, my windows 10 desktop, and my Linux 
>>> laptop. The desktop is connected to my network wirelessly, while the 
>>> desktop is a wired connection.
>>>
>>> I can access the entire windows share from Linux laptop, but GNUCash 
>>> will not open the GNUCash file stored on the windows share. I can 
>>> select then, but GNUCash will not open them.
>>>
>>> I can access and use Thunderbird files on the Linux Laptop, and othe 
>>> files,, but not GNUCash, which leads me to believe this is something 
>>> to do with GNUCash, and any networking thing.
>>>
>>> The message that is presented says;
>>>
>>> The file/URI /run/user/1001/gvfs/smb... could not be found.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> On 2025-02-19 8:34 a.m., Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user 
>>> wrote: On 2/19/2025 3:07 AM, Geoff wrote: This is a Windows/Linux 
>>> networking question, not specific to GnuCash per se.
>>> Yes, and there OTHER questions you need to answer.
>>>
>>> Are these two different machines (connected by a LAN)?
>>>
>>> Is this on the same machine? If so, is this two separate partitions? 
>>> Or is Linux running in a Windows partition (by one of the ways that 
>>> can be done) or vice versa?
>>>
>>> Oh, one more possibility. Here my cable-wireless modem has several 
>>> Ethernet and USB ports (for example, our printers connect to the 
>>> modem by Ethernet*) So COULD have a data drive connected with the 
>>> gnucash data not on either machine.
>>>
>>> Michael D Novack
>>>
>>> * One of those printers WOULD support direct wireless, but the if 
>>> off 24+ hours I'd have to go through getting it reconnected.
>>>
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