[libreoffice-users] Re: password problem

On 08/06/2011 09:44 PM, Bob Stia wrote:
> On Saturday 06 August 2011 19:55:50 NoOp wrote:
> > On 08/06/2011 02:40 PM, Bob Stia wrote:
> > > On Friday 05 August 2011 00:37:47 Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > ......<lots of snipping so we can focus>..........
> > >
> > > Dennis. sooooo, following your advice:
> > > > One thing you can do with the file that fails is try to open it with a
> > > > Zip utility and run a test on it.  If the Zip tests all right, it means
> > > > the corruption occurred during encryption, not later, during writing. 
> > > > If the Zip indicates any part of the document is corrupted, you might
> > > > see if a Zip repair utility can help.
> > >
> > > OK, I opened the file as a zip. Here is what I got:
> > >
> > > Archive:  Experience.zip
> > >  extracting: mimetype
> > >  extracting: content.xml
> > >  extracting: layout-cache
> > >  extracting: manifest.rdf
> > >  extracting: styles.xml
> > >  extracting: meta.xml
> > >  extracting: Configurations2/accelerator/current.xml
> > >    creating: Configurations2/progressbar/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/floater/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/popupmenu/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/toolpanel/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/menubar/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/toolbar/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/images/Bitmaps/
> > >    creating: Configurations2/statusbar/
> > >  extracting: settings.xml
> > >   inflating: META-INF/manifest.xml
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Did you look at the links that I provided to you? Make a copy of the
> > file & then try doing the edits with a hexeditor (Gvim or similar).
> > If you don't know how to do that, send me a copy of the file & I'll do
> > it for you.
>
> Hello NoOp, thanks for the reply
>
> Yes, I went to those URLs and read them over several times. I had difficulty 
> unerstanding what was beng done and wasn't sure if the circumstaances were 
> the same as mine. I guess I need to analyze them carefully. 
>
> My file is an .odt (simply  text) There are no Samba, no server etc. I don't 
> understand when it is said a "double manfest" I have a. manifest.rdf alone 
> and a manifest.xml inside the folder  META-INF.  I couldn't figure out which 
> file to open in the hex-editor or what to delete. I need a little gidcance 
> here.
>
> Unfortunately I cannot send you the file as I explained to Dennis. It contains 
> very sensetive information.   I do appreciate the offer though, as I do 
> Dennis'es.
>
> Once that editing is done, how is it incorporated back into the original .odt 
> file?  Please have patience with me on this. You are correct, as you stated 
> to Dennis. what do I have to lose? Try what might work. I hope that you hav 
> the answer/fix for this.
>
> Thanks again. Bob S

Send a copy of the manifest.xml to Dennis and me; that way we can
compare against an uncorrupted password protected document to see if
there is anything obvious in the manifest.xml. That way you won't need
to send the entire file. If there if nothing obvious, then I can ask on
the dev list to see if there is something they can recommend.

Gary



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