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How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
How do I open a document I forgot the password to? It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the document and save a copy of it to begin editing it. But, I cannot do that the document will not open without a password. I cannot save a new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename it.
How do I get the password off? Who do I go to for help.
Marilyn LeBaron
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by Johnny Rosenberg <gu...@gmail.com>.
Den mån 25 mars 2019 kl 02:41 skrev Marilyn LeBaron <ma...@gmail.com>:
> How do I open a document I forgot the password to?
You are not supposed to be able to, that's the point in having passwords in
the first place (as somebody already mentioned).
> It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the
> document and save a copy of it to begin editing it.
What instructions? Who told you that?
> But, I cannot do that the document will not open without a password.
Yes, exactly. That's the point in having passwords. You are not supposed to
be able to open a password protected document without the password. That's
what password protection is for.
> I cannot save a new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename
> it.
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> How do I get the password off?
You can do that only if you know the password. It's called security.
> Who do I go to for help.
>
I think there are software out there that can do it, but unless your
passwords is really stupid, it will take quite a while. Maybe days, maybe
even years. It depends on a lot of things, I guess. I think there was a
discussion about this a couple of years ago, maybe you could search the
archives for that thread. Or maybe that was discussed in the LibreOffice
mailing list, I don't remember.
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by Hagar Delest <de...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
Beware, you're not subscribed to the list, you've missed some other replies (you can check them in the web-based mail archives however).
But basically, the message is: you're out of luck.
What would be the point of a password if it were that simple to crack it?
The only way is to try brute force cracking but it will take you too much time I guess.
If you can't try the multiple possibilities you can remember, then consider your file lost.
Hagar
Le 24/03/2019 à 22:18, Marilyn LeBaron a écrit :
> How do I open a document I forgot the password to? It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the document and save a copy of it to begin editing it. But, I cannot do that the document will not open without a password. I cannot save a new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename it.
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> How do I get the password off? Who do I go to for help.
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> Marilyn LeBaron
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by Hagar Delest <de...@gmail.com>.
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Le 31/03/2019 à 08:42, John Hart a écrit :
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by John Hart <jh...@testra.com>.
https://www.iseepassword.com/forgot-openoffice-password.html
Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by jonathon <to...@gmail.com>.
On 3/25/19 12:44 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
>> How do I open a document I forgot the password to?
> The same as you open your safe when you forgot the code.
In most cities around the world, one can find a locksmith that
specialises in opening safes.
LibreOffice 3.4.4 and lower uses Blowfish algorithm;
LibreOffice 3.4.5 and higher uses AES-256;
As far as I know, the only way to decrypt AES-256, when the password is
unknown, is brute force.
My now out of date blog on the topic can be found
https://libreoffice-environment.blogspot.com/2015/03/libreoffice-apache-openoffice-password.html
>> It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the
>> document and save a copy of it to begin editing it. But, I cannot do
>> that the document will not open without a password. I cannot save a
>> new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename it.
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> If it is that easy what is the benefit of having a password set anyway?
Maybe the user pulled that stunt of hand-editing "protected = true". No
password being used. If that is the case, then the fix is another hand
edit.
It is a stupid hack, that fails far more often that it works, but when
it works....
Probably its best use, is as an April Fools Day prank.
jonathon
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <ma...@groenescheij.com>.
On 24/03/2019 22:18, Marilyn LeBaron wrote:
> How do I open a document I forgot the password to?
The same as you open your safe when you forgot the code.
> It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the document and save a copy of it to begin editing it. But, I cannot do that the document will not open without a password. I cannot save a new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename it.
If it is that easy what is the benefit of having a password set anyway?
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> Marilyn LeBaron
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Re: How do I open a document when I forgot the password?
Posted by Felmon Davis <da...@union.edu>.
On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, Marilyn LeBaron wrote:
> How do I open a document I forgot the password to? It will not let me make a new copy. The instructions are to open the document and save a copy of it to begin editing it. But, I cannot do that the document will not open without a password. I cannot save a new copy it has to be open before I can save and rename it.
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> How do I get the password off? Who do I go to for help.
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> Marilyn LeBaron
you've gotten the sad news about opening the document from others.
but you can make a *copy* of the *file* for safe-keeping or other
reasons. if that's (also) what you want, tell us what operating system
(e.g. Windows) you are using and if you can, where the file is
located.
a 'document' is from the computer's perspective a 'file' with a name
like "MySecrets.docx". it is located somewhere like in 'My Documents'
or something. someone can walk you through it.
you still won't be able to see the *contents* until you somehow obtain
the password.
f.
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Felmon Davis