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InuzukaKiba7
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:56 am    Post subject: Forgotten password Reply with quote
I created a file about a year ago, and password protected it because it contained personal information. now i have come to need this information and cannot remember my password. is there any way to find it or override it?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you saved it in .odt format, your chances are, I'm afraid, about zero.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
somebody said something about "manifest.xml" but i cant find it
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can rename the .odt file to .zip, then open it with a program like winzip, then you can extract the files in the archive. I can't remember if manifest.xml is one of the files in the archive, but you can try. I'm not sure if it will help you though.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:59 am    Post subject: Re: Forgotten password Reply with quote
InuzukaKiba7 wrote:
is there any way to find it or override it?

No. This topic has been discussed a lot in OOo forums. Always with the same result: If you cannot provide the password, you cannot open the document. That's what password protection is for.

Last resort: Try a brute force attack to get the password. More on this for example in this thread http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=25791&highlight=brute+force+attack+macro+dictionary or this article http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/61635. But be aware that I've got no idea if either of these are still working with OOo 3.x. I never tried anything of this myself.
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