💰 TY! On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 8:46 AM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> wrote:
> If you are paranoid about cloud provider snooping into your files and > folders when storing data in the cloud, please look into excellent open > source tool called CryptSync (https://tools.stefankueng.com/CryptSync.html) > which I have mentioned it in the past. It works as advertised so far. I do > not rely on anyone's word once that data leaves my control as they can > change their prerogative at their whims. I've been in IT world far too long > to know this for sure, sadly! > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2024 9:21 PM > To: David Cousens <davidcousen...@gmail.com> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google > Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server? > > I would like to know what level of security these hosting methods provide. > The GnuCash .gnucash data file is essentially an un-encrypted text file. > I think some cloud services, possibly including Google Drive may also be > unencrypted, tho I have not checked. Do other cloud services offer better > security? Private NAS solutions need to be configured by the user, but > they can be secure. What do you consider needs to be done to achieve > adequate security? > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM David Cousens <davidcousen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Bruce, > > I keep my Gnucash data files in a Dropbox account which is accessible > > from my laptop (Linux Mint), desktop(Linux Mint), phones (Android) and > > my wife's laptop (formerly Windows 11 but now linux Mint). In my > > situation the file is only ever accessed from one computer at a time > > so no conflicts usually. I also use Unison to synchronize my laptop > > and desktop before using the laptop remotely (mainly for other work, > > but it can synch the user preference files if desired), but I don't > synch the > > Dropbox account. It generally only takes a minute or two to sync the > > machines as I keep the sync updated fairly regularly. > > > > I have an NAS for local backups, which is in turn backed up to cloud > > storage. The Dropbox is useful if you need to share the files with > > your accountant or others (assuming they also use GnuCash) as you can > > just send them a link to the file and they can download a copy without > > disrupting your ongoing usage. The Dropbox is mainly a hangover from > > days when I did some accounting/bookkeeping for others and these days > > I could have it shared form the NAS but it used to be useful for > > accessing client files from client's computers back in the day. I > > also have NFS network sharing setup on the LAN with automounting on > > demand but found that did not interact all that nicely with Linux > > Mint's file manager (Nemo) as it used to take a long time to connect > > the file shares which delayed its startup at one stage ( where the > > files were automounted was the problem. > > > > David Cousens > > > > On Sat, 2024-09-07 at 09:57 -0400, Bruce Griffis wrote: > > > I am running GnuCash 5.5 on my Ubuntu 24.04 desktop. I also have > > > GnuCash installed on my Windows 11 laptop. Right now I just copy my > > > most recent GnuCash file over to USB if I want to work on it using > > > my laptop. I tried using Google Drive, but found the application > > > hanging when using Google Drive under Ubuntu. Not sure if it is > > > because my connection is too slow (1 Gig to my Cisco switch, 1 Gig > > > to my router, 100 Megs across my carrier) or if Ubuntu has timing > > > issues with Google Drive. I also have a subscription to Microsoft > > > 365 and my Windows backups go there. > > > Ubuntu backups go to an attached USB drive. althouhg I'm considering > > > cloud storage for Ubuntu as well. I've read that Ubuntu 24.04 > > > supports Microsoft drive, but you may need to log in whenever you > > > access the drive. Only reason I'd consider it is that my Microsoft > > > subscription comes with a decent amount of cloud storage. Finally, I > > > have a spare desktop under my desk I could fire up as a headless > > > server. And I have an older Raspberry PI I could probably turn into > > > a NAS and share it locally using Samba. > > > > > > What is the current recommendation for sharing GnuCash across > > > multiple PCs when it will be one user? I don't want to get too > > > tricky. Heck, I could probably just share my desktop's drive locally > > > for a low tech solution. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > 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. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > > > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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