Bug 59926

Summary: FILESAVE breaks Edit Password Protection
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Rainer Bielefeld Retired <LibreOffice>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Jorendc <jorendc>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.3.3 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
Attachments: Sample Document

Description Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2013-01-27 09:36:01 UTC
Created attachment 73721 [details]
Sample Document

Steps how to reproduce  with server installation of  "Version 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ (Build ID: 2823789bec0c029d9714aff0ed65923e23177ef) TinderBox: Win-x86@6, Branch:master, Pull Time: 2823789bec0c029d9714aff0ed65923e23177ef" ENGLISH UI / German Locale  on German WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) with LO41 Masters User Profile:

1. open attahched sample document
   > You can't edit
   > When You click icon "Edit File" in Standard Toolbar you will be asked for
     Password
2. Save document under new name
   Expected: PW protection for edits persists
   Actual: Document editable

To be honest, I am not sure whether I understand this PW protection correctly. Help tells very general: "Undoing password protection: To remove a password, open the document, then save without password."

So the observed behavior might be intended, but such a function would be completely useless. When I decide that nobody should be able to edit a document except people who know the PW, it's not acceptable that that protection can be bypassed so easily. There seems no real difference to "Open write Protection", the current PW Edit protection seems rather useless to me.

Already the same with LibO 3.3.3, I think this never worked as I expect.
Comment 1 Jorendc 2013-02-06 15:12:26 UTC
I can confirm this behavior using Linux Mint 14 x64 with LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 rc3 and LibreOffice Version 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ (Build ID: 1a3c90a292c7fc9060604151de9dc51eecf5b6a).
Comment 2 bugquestcontri 2014-01-09 12:19:10 UTC
I also can confirm this behavior on XP/SP3 using LibO Version: 4.1.4.2
Build ID: 0a0440ccc0227ad9829de5f46be37cfb6edcf72

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