Scott, Where is your data file located. The error message indicates a permissions problem not a problem in GnuCash itself. It may be that your data file is in a directory you do not own and you may not own the file itself. If you used administrator privileges to copy the data file to your system and/or create the directory it is in for example. Your data file should be located somewhere under your home directory /home/<user> where <user> is your username.
ls -al <path-to directory> should list the permissions, owner and group for your data file. They should be something like -rw-r--r-- 1 <username> <username> <file-size> <date-time> '<filename>.gnucash You will also see log files and backup files in your directory. If this is OK check up the directory tree cd <path-to-directory> # puts you in the directory containing your file cd.. # puts you in the directory which contains the directory containing your file ls -al # list the directories and files The containing directory should have permissions something like: drwxr-xr-x 4 <username> <username> <size> <date-time> <directory-name> If the permissions especially for the file owner ( first group after d or -) are not rwx and you do not at least have read and write access to the directory GnuCash will not be able to open the file. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- 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.
