On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:09 +0100, Anders Boström wrote: > Encrypted pdf's don't work. I've tested with pdf's from Marvell > and Broadcom, neither work at all. I only get a requester stating > "Failed to load document from data (error 1)'" At the seame time, this > is written to stderr: > Error: Couldn't open file '/tmp/evince-19042/document-0-88E1141_5.pdf' > Error: Couldn't open file '/tmp/evince-19042/document-0-88E1141_5.pdf' > > The documents work fine with xpdf and acroread. > > According to http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Features: > "Evince can open PDF documents that have been encrypted". > > The documents from Marvell I've tested with is pdf version 1.5 created > with acrobat destiller 6.0.1 (Windows) using 40-bit RC4. > > The documents from Broadcom I've tested with is pdf version 1.3 > created with activepdf using 128-bit RC4. > > I can't attach any of the documents due to NDA restrictions. > > I'd like to have a public accessable encrypted pdf to test with, but > haven't found one.
Hi, OpenOffice can create encrypted PDF files, but I'm not sure what kind of encryption it uses. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Exporting_to_PDF I'm also attaching a sample file, with the password "debian". It works fine for me in Evince. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
debian.pdf
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