FWIW: Acrobat will set the owner password to the user password if no owner password is specified.
-----Original Message----- From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 1:36 PM To: users@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: Encrypt pd file Khaled, can you confirm that this was the cause? I remember something similar not long ago, either here or on stackoverflow. Some user had an empty owner password, and wondered why he/she had all the rights after opening the file. I'd like to get feedback, because maybe we should change the javadoc or the code itself. Tilman Am 22.07.2016 um 21:29 schrieb Marc Kaufman: > You probably encrypted the file with a user password, but left the owner > password as NULL. You should set the owner password to be the same as the > user password when only one password is needed. > > PDF Viewers other than Adobe's will open a file with a NULL password in > either location. > > From: Khaled Hassen [mailto:khaled.has...@in-rgy.com] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 12:22 PM > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > Subject: Encrypt pd file > > Hello, > > I have a request from my client to generate employee payslip on pdf file from > SAP, encrypt it and send it by mail to the employee. > For the encryption part I used the JAR file (PDFBox 1.8.12) that I downloaded > from your website. I created SAP ABAP programme to call the JAR file. The > testing were fine, the files were encrypted successfully and we were able to > enter PWD when opening the files. > We have a problem with the EE using iPhone and iPad, when they tried to open > the file they were not asked to enter a password, the file was opened > automatically. > Please do you have an idea how to fix this issue. > > Thanks a lot. > > > > [cid:image002.jpg@01D1E429.FE68AD00] > > Khaled HASSEN > SAP HR consultant > > T 514 906-7767 x 734 > C 438 936-5696 > khaled.has...@in-rgy.com<mailto:khaled.has...@in-rgy.com> > > 474 Rue McGill - suite 333 T 1-855-906-7767 > Montréal (Québec) H2Y 2H2 F 1-514-906-7677 > > [cid:image001.jpg@01D1E42C.9CBC38D0][cid:image007.png@01D1E42C.9CBC38D > 0] > > > > > > > > Ce courrier électronique et les fichiers qui y sont annexés peuvent renfermer > des renseignements privilégiés et confidentiels à l'intention exclusive du > destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire, vous n'êtes pas autorisée) > à utiliser, à copier ou à divulguer à un tiers le contenu de ce courrier > électronique ni des fichiers joints. Si vous avez reçu ce courrier > électronique par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur immédiatement par > courrier électronique et détruire ce message ainsi que les fichiers en > annexes. > > > This electronic mail message, and any attachments, may contain privileged or > confidential information, intended only for the use of the addressee. If you > are not the addressee, you may not use, copy or disclose to a third party the > content of this message or its attachments. If you have received this message > by mistake, please notify us immediately by email and destroy this message, > along with all attachments. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
