Created attachment 119200 [details] File with password protected section Problem description: When a password protected section is created this is manually editable from the content.xml file. Steps to reproduce the issue: -Create a password protected section in Writer. -Save the file. -Rename the file .zip -Open the archive and edit the file content.xml -insert or modify the "password protected text" between the tags: <text:p text:style-name="P2"> password protected text </text:p> Note: Is also possible to deactivate the protection changing the value text:protected="true" to text:protected="false" Current behaviour: You can visualise and modify the password protected section from content.xml file. Expected behaviour: Text editor visualise password protected section hash. Verified on: Version: 4.2.8.2 Build ID: 420m0(Build:2) OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Arch:X86_64 Version: 5.0.1.2 Build ID: 81898c9f5c0d43f3473ba111d7b351050be20261 OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Arch:X86_64
Confirmed on: * Version: 3.6.7.2 * Build ID: e183d5b * OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS * Arch: x86_64 * Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+ * Build ID: 6e8e898acb9f6825104f01d090f447e8dfc7e4a2 * TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@70-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2015-10-01_05:44:30 * Locale: it-IT (it_IT.UTF-8) * OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS * Arch: x86_64 ----------------------- Set version to: 3.6.7.2 -----------------------
The help says, "This protection is not intended to be a secure protection. It is just a switch to protect the section against accidental changes." Therefore I think, it is not a bug, but the intended behavior.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2) > The help says, "This protection is not intended to be a secure protection. > It is just a switch to protect the section against accidental changes." The online help of the 5.1 version says: "Protected Prevents the selected section from being edited. With password Protects the selected section with a password. The password must have a minimum of 5 characters." see: https://help.libreoffice.org/index.php?title=Writer/Section&Language=en-US&System=UNIX&Version=5.1#bm_id8467970 There's a similar description on the user guide (Chapter 4 - Formatting Pages).
https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Protecting_Content_in_Writer With a large exclamation mark
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #4) > https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Protecting_Content_in_Writer > > With a large exclamation mark Ok, thank you. We should update the help page and the user guide too. In that page there's these clear description but in the help page of the dialog the information is missing. Best, Marina
What to think of .. Options > Writer > Formatting aids > Protected areas ... "Ignore protection" :) NB - Only works if "Enable cursor" is checked too. NB2 - No notes in release notes 4.4 and 5.0, so ?? Hmm Miklos ;) https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90362
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Is there any work to do in help pages? In https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/guide/protection.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN it's clear with "Protection is not intended to be an information security protection, it is a switch to prevent accidental changes." and in the "Insert Section" dialog window it's correctly named "Write protection". Only at https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/01/04020100.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN there is room for improvement (maybe with the identical note as in the other help page). An issue I found is that clicking at the Help button in the "Insert Section" dialog isn't loading the correct help page but the start help page.
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