I renamed the file attached to comment #2 to script.pdf and then tried to convert it with ghostscript via this command:
gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=unencrypted.pdf -c .setpdfwrite -f script.pdf I received this warning: **** This file uses an unknown standard security handler revision: 6 Error: /undefined in pdf_check_password <snip> GPL Ghostscript 9.10: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 This is fixed in ghostscript 9.15 - see http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.15/News.htm -- 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/1404645 Title: Evince opens attached PDF file as locked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1404645/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs