I just noticed the word hostname. My isp automatically created a domain containing the word local which causes linux computers to turn off bonjour, thus preventing finding local hosts by hosname. I am forced to use ip addresses when mounting network drives.
David Carlson On Mon, May 27, 2019, 1:45 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Too many details are missing. I know that in Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 it is > necessary to use a file manager to mount and sign in to my NAS before I can > open or save a GnuCash data file. > > On other OS's details vary. Any incorrect words were substituted by the > spell checker. > > David Carlson > > On Mon, May 27, 2019, 8:06 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > wrote: > >> John, >> >> Nothing has changed on the gnucash side in this respect between version >> 3.3 or >> 3.5 that I'm aware of. >> >> You didn't state what OS you are on. Is that on Windows as well ? >> >> Regards, >> >> Geert >> >> On zaterdag 18 mei 2019 19:08:57 CEST John Underwood wrote: >> > I came accross this problem today after several years of using GNUCash >> with >> > files housed on Network drives (Not usually NAS but drives on other >> network >> > computers). In fact, I suspect but cannot be completely certain, that I >> have >> > never stored a GNUCash file on, or retreieved one from, a local drive.I >> > found a workaround for the problem, using two very simple procedures: >> > Uninstall and Install. In uninstalled GNUCash 3.5 and installed GGNU >> Cash >> > 3.3 (From which I had "upgraded" earlier - 3.4 showed the same >> > problem).Now I am back to where I have been for several years. The >> > impossible today appears to have been the normal in the very recent >> past. I >> > can now open a network GNUCash file and GNUCash opens and displaye >> it.This >> > is not a solution! I am reliant on a version of GNUCash which is no >> longer >> > supported. Apart from other problems which will not be solved for me, >> there >> > is the security problem. My tolerance of errors in security is very low. >> > Unless this problem can be dealt with in the near future, I will have to >> > consider tha possibility of an alternative accounting package (with the >> > effort involved in coversion to it) simply because GNUCash, in spit of >> its >> > excellent qualities, does not meet my essential operational >> requirements. >> > And that, in spite of the additional costs of a non-open source >> > product.This is not a uestion of a conflict between Windows and Unix. >> The >> > issue is concerned with the standards for file (and path) naming which >> have >> > long included a hostname. It is my contention that GNUCash was >> compliant in >> > version 3.3 but is not in 3.4 or 3.5. >> > John Ralls-2 wrote >> > >> > > On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Robert Kesterson < >> > > >> > > robertk@ >> > > >> > > > wrote:> John Ralls wrote:>> Gtk isn't going to change the file >> > > chooser in Gtk 2-24. Somebody did just that last year and we got a >> lot of >> > > grief from the distros about making major changes to a maintenance >> branch. >> > > There's also no Windows maintainer at this point, so an enhancement >> > > request for a Windows-only feature isn't likely to go anywhere even >> for >> > > Gtk 3.9 (the current development version). > How tightly coupled is >> the >> > > Gnucash engine to the GTK GUI? If the engine is loosely coupled, >> maybe >> > > some enterprising soul could write a native Windows (or Mac) GUI and >> hook >> > > it to the engine?It's doable. One of us, Christian Stimming, has >> written a >> > > basic GUI using Qt. It's called "Cutecash" and it's buildable from an >> SVN >> > > checkout if you're interested in playing with it. The Gnucash engine >> is >> > > pretty unix-y and heavily dependent upon GLib, so getting it to build >> in >> > > MSVS would take a bit of work before one could even start on the GUI. >> > > That's less of an obstacle on Mac because of the Unix underneath the >> > > pretty GUI.Regards,John >> > > Ralls_______________________________________________gnucash-user >> mailing >> > > list >> > > >> > > gnucash-user@ >> > > >> > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user-----Please >> > > remember to CC this list on all your replies.You can do this by using >> > > Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> > -- >> > Sent from: >> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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