Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-28 Thread jonathon
On 26/11/14 20:41, jonathon wrote: > Once upon a time, there was an extension that did password recovery. I > don't know how well it works/worked. I couldn't find it, when I searched > the LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice archives today. Found it: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooomacros/files/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I really like the way people on this mailing list go that extra mile for people. Even if it's a Frankenstein's monster it might well be a good start Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 26 November 2014 at 21:49, Cley Faye wrote: > 2014-11-26 21:41 GMT+01:00 jonathon : > > > The time

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Cley Faye
2014-11-26 21:41 GMT+01:00 jonathon : > The time required to brute force a solution can be reduced if: > * The length of the password is known; > * Part of the password is known; > * Which glyphs the password uses are known; > > This issue comes up often enough, that I'm surprised I can't find an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread jonathon
On 26/11/14 06:39, Isaac Cajina wrote: > I need to open some documents and I do not remember my pass word. LibO 3.4.5 and lower can write files whose password protection relies on Blowfish; LibO 3.4.4 and lower can read files whose password protection relies on Blowfish; LibO 3.4.5 and higher c

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Cley Faye
2014-11-26 17:32 GMT+01:00 Tom Davies : > I've only done it the other way around though. An MS Office document > opened in LibreOffice just by double-clicking it, and later i found the > document had supposedly been password-protected (but not encrypted). > ​It will only ever work this way, not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's worth trying to open the documents in some other office suite or program. If the documents are old enough than you might be able to open them in Microsoft Office. I've only done it the other way around though. An MS Office document opened in LibreOffice just by double-clicking it, and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Mailer Daemon
On 26/11/14 01:39 AM, Isaac Cajina wrote: I need to open some documents and I do not remember my pass word. I need you help. Thanks. If they are the passwords for your documents, you may be out of luck. You can try password cracking programs like John the Ripper - there are probably some that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Dan Lewis
On 11/26/2014 01:39 AM, Isaac Cajina wrote: I need to open some documents and I do not remember my pass word. I need you help. Thanks. There is a reason for encrypting a document: to prevent others from seeing it if they do not know the password. LibreOffice does an excellent job of this.

[libreoffice-users] Lost Pass Word

2014-11-26 Thread Isaac Cajina
I need to open some documents and I do not remember my pass word. I need you help. Thanks. -- Isaac Cajina e: isaac.caj...@gmail.com c: (323) 314 6430 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubs