In Evince upstream, we have seen similar reports in the past, but all of them have turned out to be Ubuntu specific (i.e. issues with apparmor).
As per comment https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661936#c9: ---- File named test: [12219.529055] type=1400 audit(1420318053.543:106): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/var/run/test" pid=22519 comm="EvJobScheduler" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 After renaming to test.pdf it works as expected. This does not apply if file is in user home dir. Looks to me like distro (namely Ubuntu) specific. ---- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/867749 Title: Permission Denied error when reading a pdf format file whos name doesn't end in .pdf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/867749/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
