-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-05-29 13:52, Adam Hardy wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich on 29/05/08 09:02, wrote: >> On 2008-05-28 20:36, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> Just thought I'd ask, even though my web searches don't reveal anything >>> but Adobe promises and work-arounds involving printing to postscript on >>> a windows box first - but is there software for linux to read DRM pdfs? >> >> I don't know, if I understand you correctly. If you just want to read a >> DRM pdf, there are various linux tools as suggested. I've had good luck >> with kpdf so far, but xpdf and others might work as well. Those tools >> actually ignore (or can be configured to ignore) most of the >> restrictions. > > I haven't found any configuration on any package (xpdf, acroread, > evince, pdftk, kpdf) for ignoring security. In fact you're the second > person to say that, but the man pages don't contain any reference to > overriding passwords. Are you sure?
kpdf: settings -> konfigure kpdf -> "Obey DRM restrictions However this apparently works only for the 'traditional' DRM stuff (I'm on lenny). >> If just the DRM is so 'enhanced' that it won't work with those, there is >> also Adobe's acroread. > > That's the first package I tried - but Adobe haven't upgraded it yet to > understand security, so it balks at loading the file at all. - From Adobe's web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/systemreqs/ it appears this 'feature' is only available for Wind0w$ and Mac l00sers. I guess you are out of luck here. Since it appears to contradict the mission of the British Library [1] that the part of the population that uses linux and/or other OS is excluded from this service, I would complain directly. I don't think this will solve your problems in the short term, but hopefully in the long term... YMMV, good luck, Johannes [1] http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/foi/overview/index.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIPqmjC1NzPRl9qEURAkalAJ9lw2VSDhHFIq0I4bJnk18G+WCZKwCdFOM1 RbWJnirO4KPWg4LZPW+R/HE= =y3Vh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
