Bug 158934 - Password removed from Writer file on its own
Summary: Password removed from Writer file on its own
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.6.2.1 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Reported: 2023-12-30 17:52 UTC by Connie
Modified: 2024-01-14 20:55 UTC (History)
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Description Connie 2023-12-30 17:52:43 UTC
Description:
I was concerned to discover that one of my Writer files that is password protected opened today without requiring me to enter its password. I am 100% certain I didn’t remove it manually. I’m wondering if it was auto-recovered and if that triggered this?

Is this a bug or has anyone else experienced this?

I have a Dell desktop running Windows 10. 

When I posted this on the LibreOffice forum I was told that auto-recovery should not remove a password. 

I have been using software for decades (and have worked in IT) and know that I would have had to do Save As to be able to remove the password. I typically save my file as I work with Ctrl-S. I can't see how I could have accidentally removed the password. 

I live alone so nobody else could have done this.

Based on my backups, I can see that the last password protected file was on 12/6. The 12/27 version had the password removed (sharing in case you made any updates during this time). 

I hope that it was somehow a user error though I can't see how I could have done this. I want to ensure that the file in question is for my eyes only. 

Sharing in case anyone else reports this same behavior.

Thanks.

Actual Results:
I'm not sure how you can do this. 

Expected Results:
I would expect password to remain until a user selects Save As and unticks the Save with password link.


Reproducible: Didn't try


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Not removed the password! :)


Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Dieter 2024-01-14 11:49:13 UTC
Connie, thank you for reporting he bug. Without some steps to reproduce it will hardly possible to confirm the bug. Looking at meta bug 108941, I could only find similar bug 71281. but don't know, if this helps.
Comment 2 Connie 2024-01-14 15:01:46 UTC
I realize this would be hard to duplicate. I've only ever had it happen once.

I don't know that it changes any of your testing but the file that had this issue is in a Word 2007 format.

Hopefully I'll never have this issue again but if I do see it, I'll report it.

Thanks,

Connie
Comment 3 Dieter 2024-01-14 20:55:45 UTC
There are some bugs related to doc-files: bug 89385 and bug 65492.

Without furtehr information let's close this report. Feel free to change it back to UNCONFIRMED, if it happens again and you can provide some steps to reproduce.
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