[Kmymoney] Can't create new file on network drive

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Thursday 01 December 2011 00:39:40 Jeff Barlow wrote:

> On 11/30/2011 3:23 PM, Allan wrote:
> > Jeff, there will always be bugs.
> 
> Clearly so. And this one could well be in KDE or even the CIFS stuff I
> suppose. Just seems like the sort of thing that would send newbies back
> to M$.

I expect the same, though I am not 100% sure. So I will test this in case I 
find a free timeslot.

To answer the question about the filename: using a URL of the form  
protocol://host/path/file as filename copies the remote file to a local copy 
before the application opens and uses it. It therefore assigns a temp filename 
for the local copy and that could be the one that you see. When you save that 
file, KDE logic copies the file back to the remote location. The only way to 
avoid that copying is to mount your network drive into your directory tree. 
*NIX is much better at that than the MS operating systems.


> > It possibly the case that you are the first to attempt to start a new
> > file on a non-local file.
> 
> Really? You mean most folks keep their books in their home dir?

Yes, but that might be on a server and not the local disk :) You never know.

> Frightening.

Why? If it's encrypted! And always have a backup on a second disk.


> > Would you care to open a bug on https://bugs.kde.org ?
> > 
> > (4.6.0) is not a beta, but a stable release, and (4.6.1) is the latest
> > stable release, and includes several bug fixes.
> 
> Any way to get it on OpenSUSE 12.1 without having to compile it myself?

The openSUSE build service has it in the Factory branch:

https://build.opensuse.org/package/revisions?package=kmymoney&project=openSUSE%3AFactory


> > I've been using KMM for several years now and have never lost any data.
> 
> That's reassuring.

Same here, and if you really care about your finances security you need to use 
the GPG encryption option. Then you can store your data even on the internet 
(or as marketeers say today: in the cloud). A good backup is a *must* anyway.


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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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