Most filesystems in Linux support ACL’s. Ken Schneider
> On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Ronal B Morse <r...@morsehouse.com> wrote: > > Could this be an ACL (access control list) related? > > Linux doesn't use them (nor does the Mac, as far as I know) > but Windows does and from what I understand a broken or > incorrect ACL config could cause this kind of behavior. > > Totally clueless about how to check or what to do, but since > no one mentioned the possibility... > > RBM > > >> On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:41 -0600, brob2684 wrote: >> Hi Colin and David, >> >> I've done a bit more digging and it began to looks like >> there was a small >> chance the issue is linked to the special Windows folders. >> >> If I move a copy of my gnucash file to an existing >> directory on D:\ that is >> not a special Windows folder (e.g. D:\Filing or D:\Tmp) >> then gnucash opens >> the file without issue. >> >> On the other hand, if I move the file to a special Windows >> folder (e.g. >> D:\Documents or D:\Favorites or D:\Desktop or D:\Pictures). >> Surprisingly, >> D:\Downloads works without issue. >> >> I haven't made any changes to this setup in the past >> fortnight. >> >> A fair bit of further random, seemingly aimless Googling >> along the above >> lines kept turning up recommendations about permissions, >> none of which >> worked. >> >> ---------------------------- >> >> However, I eventually turned up this little chestnut: >> >> https://superuser.com/questions/1293897/cannot-save-files-to-desktop-in-windows-10 >> >> It seems "Controlled folder access" was switched on. From >> what I've read, >> it's supposed to be an opt-in feature, and when enabled, it >> uses a mechanism >> to track apps trying to make changes to files in the >> protected folders. If >> the app is malicious, or it's not recognized, the feature >> will in real-time >> block the attempt, and you'll get a notification of the >> suspicious activity. >> >> So it looks like my problem stems from opting in (sorry, I >> have no >> recollection of doing so) but I've also received no >> notifications of >> suspicious activity either. >> >> Disabling this means I can open/save/edit files in GnuCash >> that are written >> to my D:\Documents folder again. >> >> Thanks both for your help, >> brob2684 >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
