OpenOffice files that are protected by a password require that password before they can be opened. There is no workaround. A user name is not needed.
If the file's password is not available then a password cracker can be used. This can take a VERY LONG TIME since the crackers are brute force (trying over and over again until a password works). The more that is known about the password, like how long it is, does it use upper and lower case letters, numbers, etc., the more the cracking time can be reduced by limiting the passwords the cracker has to try. If you are being prompted for both a user name and a password this sounds like a file that is owned by another user account and access is limited. Attempting to open the file with a different user account (depending on the system) would prompt for the authorized user account credentials before the file can be opened. In summary: - if being prompted for both user name and password then it is not OpenOffice asking for that information - if only being prompted for a password when attempting to open the file then find that password or use a brute force password cracker For info from OpenOffice about password protection you can also review here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/AOO4_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Introducing_Apache_OpenOffice/Password_protection On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM sasol doornkop <doorn...@mukwevhogroup.co.za> wrote: > Good day > > Kindly assist on open office file not working on win branch. When we open > it need user name and password. > > Regard > Pertunia > 082 774 9269 > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
