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Bug 345913 - Saving file gives false error report
Saving file gives false error report
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: General
1.9.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Chris Lyttle
Chris Lyttle
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-25 23:19 UTC by Daniel Saunders
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:08 UTC
See Also:
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Description Daniel Saunders 2006-06-25 23:19:20 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
When I click "save" in GnuCash 1.9.8 (Debian SID build 1.9.8-2) an error message is displayed, even though the file appears to be correctly saved.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Press the "Save" button.


Actual results:
The error message "You do not have permission to access FILENAME" is displayed.  After clicking "Close" the Save dialog box appears.

Expected results:
The file should be successfully saved with no further interaction from the user.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
The file is being saved to a samba mounted directory.
Comment 1 Christian Stimming 2006-06-26 09:03:14 UTC 
Did you see any warning message on the console, like "unable to chmod filename"? Also, gnucash creates a logfile /tmp/gnucash.trace -- does it contain such a message?

I guess this whole error because of the SMB share is due to src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c line 522, where we chmod() the new file, but (as the comment says there) chmod always fails on vfat and therefore also on samba/SMB. I propose to comment out the qof_backend_set_error in line 522 (and the return FALSE in line 533), just like the one in line 541.

@Daniel: Thanks for mentioning the samba issue, that explains the bug immediately. Oh, as a test, could you comment out the abovementioned line 522 in src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c , run "make install" in that directory again, and see whether the error message goes away? That would be nice.
Comment 2 Daniel Saunders 2006-06-26 09:17:09 UTC 
Yep - gnucash.trace down contain a error message about not being able to chmod the file.

"Warning: gnc_file_be_write_to_file(): unable to chmod filename /mnt/samba/share...".
Comment 3 Christian Stimming 2006-06-27 09:10:47 UTC 
Fixed in r14452
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:08:38 UTC 
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