RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
I agree, seeing if there is something to repair in the manifest is definitely worth trying. - Dennis PS: I decline your invitation to bottom post. -Original Message- From: NoOp [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 17:49 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: password problem On 08/06/2011 05:37 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: How is being able to access the encrypted Zip streams in a Hex editor going to help Bob? All of the extracted files (except the mimetype) are encryptions of the original compressed files. They are shown as extracted because the ciphertext is not itself compressed. The plaintext is. The META-INF/manifest.xml is not encrypted, so it can be read decompressed. It seems clear that there is nothing wrong with the Zip itself. So what bits do you propose to fiddle? - Dennis Please bottom post please do not cc me as I read the msgs on the list; I don't really need extra copies :-) Regarding your question: the files et al in the links regarding OOo also extract properly - see: http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88946#c4 and that attachment. The problem with that (and supposedly the files in the forum posts) file is in the manifest.xml itselft. It extracts just fine for me. However the file is corrupt I was able to repair and use the password supplied by the author to open the file. My point is that it is possible that Bob _may_ have the same issue; he won't know until he checks. I suppose at this point that anything *is* worth checking/trying... ... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
[libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
On 08/04/2011 07:44 PM, 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 Because LO is based on OOo code, I did: http://www.google.com/webhp?q=openoffice+%2Bpassword+corrupt and came up with these: http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88946 [.ods file corrupted, won't accept password after repair] http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9t=10401start=0 [[Solved] Recover a corrupt ods file protected with password] Those might be of help. I didn't bother to look at any of the other possible links. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
[libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
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. so, 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. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
How is being able to access the encrypted Zip streams in a Hex editor going to help Bob? All of the extracted files (except the mimetype) are encryptions of the original compressed files. They are shown as extracted because the ciphertext is not itself compressed. The plaintext is. The META-INF/manifest.xml is not encrypted, so it can be read decompressed. It seems clear that there is nothing wrong with the Zip itself. So what bits do you propose to fiddle? - Dennis -Original Message- From: NoOp [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 16:56 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: password problem 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. so, 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. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
[libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
On 08/06/2011 05:37 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: How is being able to access the encrypted Zip streams in a Hex editor going to help Bob? All of the extracted files (except the mimetype) are encryptions of the original compressed files. They are shown as extracted because the ciphertext is not itself compressed. The plaintext is. The META-INF/manifest.xml is not encrypted, so it can be read decompressed. It seems clear that there is nothing wrong with the Zip itself. So what bits do you propose to fiddle? - Dennis Please bottom post please do not cc me as I read the msgs on the list; I don't really need extra copies :-) Regarding your question: the files et al in the links regarding OOo also extract properly - see: http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88946#c4 and that attachment. The problem with that (and supposedly the files in the forum posts) file is in the manifest.xml itselft. It extracts just fine for me. However the file is corrupt I was able to repair and use the password supplied by the author to open the file. My point is that it is possible that Bob _may_ have the same issue; he won't know until he checks. I suppose at this point that anything *is* worth checking/trying... ... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: password problem
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. so, 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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
