On 03/28/2008 10:57 AM, Yvette Grant wrote: > Hi: > > URGENT!!!!! > > Thanks for your response, which certainly has not help my problem. This is > not a security issue. It also is not a BUG > > Microsoft allows you to open password-protected files as read-only. > I purchased this laptop with LINUX to do presentations while traveling. So > far I am stuck, I cannot use the laptop because all my presentations from my > client are password protected for a reason. > > Can you report this to Open Office developers? I know it is not a bug. But is > there some patch that will allow me to open a Microsoft password-protected > file in Open Office? > > If there is no solution, then please say so. We can send a man on the moon, > isn't there a way to resolve such a simple problem as opening a Microsoft > Presentation password-protected file in Open Office? > > With Kind Regards, > > Yvette Grant > ITIL Service Manager > 416-286-1442 > 416-402-2563 (Mobile) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Jamie Strandboge > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Bug 192056] Re: Cannot Open Read-only MS Office 2003 files > > > Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu > better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears > to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security > issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to > cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. > Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find. > > ** Visibility changed to: Public > > ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security issue >
The problem is valid. You can open a MS Word password protected document by entering a valid password. However, you cannot do the same with a MS Powerpoint protected document (I've tested). You receive: <quote> Change background page assignment. The loading of password-encrypted Microsoft PowerPoint presentations is not supported. </quote> This is an OOo bug, not and Ubuntu OOo bug that you reference. The OOo but is here: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46307 I recommend that you register with http://qa.openoffice.org/ooQAReloaded/ooQA-ReportBugs.html and add your comments & vote to http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46307. Given that the bug has been around since 2005, and last touched in 2007, I think it important that comments/votes are added so that it will be fixed in OOo 3.0. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
