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@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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