Re: [libreoffice-users] password problem

On 05/08/11 12:44, Bob Stia wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I;ve just joined this list in hopes of solving my password problem on one
> dpcument.
>
> First of all I am running openSUSE 11.3, KDE3.5, and LibreOffice 3.3.1
> This is going to be a problem for an expert in LibreOffice.
>
> I have a document that I have had for years. Time to time I must open it, edit
> it and close it again. It is Libreoffice password protected.  A few days ago
> I opened the fdocument and then after editing closed it agaim. The other
> night I tried to open it again and the password failed. Yes, I entered it
> correctly, several times.  The same password works on other documents.
> Somehow the password changed or was corrupted for this particular document.
>
> Is there a config file somewhere that I can edit and fix the problem?
>
> Bob S
Bob,

My understanding is the ODT files with passwords are encrypted. You need 
to employ hacker-like software to 'guess' or crack your password.

A quick search of Google shows a range of options like this one...
http://www.intelore.com/openoffice-password-article.php

That said, if you have typed that password many times it is more likely 
that the file has become corrupted. Look on the Internet for tools to 
recover corrupted ODT files. Maybe you could try and install the latest 
version of LO to see if that allows you to open the file - there are 
posts on the web that explain how the exact same issue seen in OO was 
solved by upgrading the package to the latest version. On trying to open 
the file the latest version of OO recognised that the file was corrupt 
and fixed it.

--
Cheers Simon

   Simon Cropper
   Website Administrator
   http://www.fossworkflowguides.com
   The fossWorkflow Guides
   (c) Simon Cropper CC-BY-SA 3.0 Australia
   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/deed.en

--
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted