Peter What you have suggested works.
I deleted the file from Keychain, changed the Password and didn't check the box to save to Keychain. Now it requires the Password each time I open it. I think I know why this problem arose very recently. I conducted a review of my Passwords to strengthen them. I actually entered this Password directly into Keychain, not from opening the file. So Pages "found" the Password for me. Thank you Peter, and thank you for making a suggestion Ronni. I'm sticking with Peter's solution which is a lot simpler. David Nicholas On 30/09/2011, at 7:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 29/09/2011, at 11:32 AM, David Nicholas wrote: > >> I have just discovered what seems to be at first look a serious security >> problem with the latest Pages on Snow Leopard. Or perhaps it is just my >> machine. >> >> I have a pages document which is security protected with a Password. Today, >> not having closed the machine the night before, I used the file but then >> closed it, as part of demonstrating to my partner how the security works! >> However, when I re-opened it there was no screen requiring a Password!!!! I >> fussed around for a while, then rebooted the machine and the same thing >> happened. To the best of my memory today is the first time a Password has >> not been required. >> >> I went into Inspector and sure enough on the Document menu the "Require >> password to open" box was ticked. I went off to "Change password". I >> entered the Old password which I store in my personal short term memory and >> then entered (twice of course) a new password - stored in the same place. >> Now I rebooted my machine and sure enough when I opened the file it required >> a password, which I entered successfully. >> >> However, when I again rebooted the machine the file opened without requiring >> a password. >> >> It seems as if when I first open the file using the correct current password >> that password is then stored somewhere which survives the file being closed >> or the machine being rebooted. When I change the password that new password >> doesn't go into whatever memory is being used until it is used to open the >> file. >> >> I'm fairly sure that this is the first time I have observed this behaviour. >> I often close down the machine at night, but not always. I didn't last >> night, but I did the night before and therefore would have had to open the >> file yesterday morning. I don't remember what happened when I opened it, >> but I assume I would have noticed if the password wasn't required. >> >> Can anybody shed light on this anomalous behaviour? It's an important file >> which I want to keep protected. Have I somehow allowed someone out there >> access to my iMac to plant some kind of Trojan? I could start a rather >> tedious procedure where I always change the password before I close the >> file. Any suggestions? >> >> > > I have just tried this on my system, and it works fine, as long as you DON'T > click the checkbox which allows you to save the password to your keychain. If > you turn that option on, the file open without question, but only on your > computer while logged into your account. If you send that file to someone > else, they will definitely need the password every time, unless they, too, > elect to save the password in their keychain. > > Open your file again, change the password to something different, hen close > it and open it again. This time you will be asked for a password, and you > will be able to uncheck that checkbox. > > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
