19 Feb
2025
19 Feb
'25
10:01 a.m.
Hi all!
This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open encrypted PDFs.
- It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password (that failes on libpoppler)
- It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs and removes the encryption (if password is
correct)
How to use:
- Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it to reside)
- Change the file association for PDF to use this program
- Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf.
Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody" feels
the need to add those.
--> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
Enjoy.
Nik
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19 Feb
19 Feb
7:34 p.m.
On 2025-02-19 04:01:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
Hi all!
This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open
encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password (that
failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs and
removes the encryption (if password is correct)
How to use:
- Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it to
reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this program
- Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf.
Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody" feels
the need to add those.
--> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
Enjoy.
Nik
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Leslie
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8:31 p.m.
On 2025-02-19 13:34:34 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
On 2025-02-19 04:01:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-users wrote:
Hm... and my version of qpdf doesn't support --remove-restrictions. :-(
Leslie
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Hi all!
This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open
encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password
(that failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs
and removes the encryption (if password is correct)
How to use:
- Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it
to reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this program -
Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf.
Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody"
feels the need to add those.
--> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
Enjoy.
Nik
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with the NSA, CIA ...
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9:37 p.m.
Anno domini 2025 Wed, 19 Feb 14:31:26 -0600
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users scripsit:
On 2025-02-19 13:34:34 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
That's bad. I have devuan ceres, qpdf is version 11.10.0-1. I'm quite sure the
version from debian stable and newer also support --remove-restrictions.
Nik
On 2025-02-19 04:01:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-users wrote:
Hm... and my version of qpdf doesn't support --remove-restrictions. :-(
Hi all!
This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open
encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password
(that failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs
and removes the encryption (if password is correct)
How to use:
- Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it
to reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this program -
Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf.
Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody"
feels the need to add those.
--> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
Enjoy.
Nik
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with the NSA, CIA ...
And in openSUSE, pdfinfo is provided by the pdf-tools package.
Leslie
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11:12 p.m.
On 2025-02-19 15:37:38 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
Anno domini 2025 Wed, 19 Feb 14:31:26 -0600
J Leslie Turriff via tde-users scripsit:
Here I get:
@14:33:26 leslie@pinto
wd=~
$
qpdf --password='' --decrypt --remove-restrictions --replace-input
/usr/local/Documentation/Software/Languages/Bash/AdvancedBashScriptingGuide.pdf
qpdf: unknown option --remove-restrictions
Usage: qpdf [options] infile outfile
For detailed help, run qpdf --help
rc=2
@17:10:27 leslie@pinto
wd=~
$ qpdf --version
qpdf version 10.3.1
Run qpdf --copyright to see copyright and license information.
rc=0
openSUSE is pretty conservative and a lot of tools are far from
bleeding-edge. :-)
Leslie
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On 2025-02-19 13:34:34 J Leslie Turriff via
tde-users wrote:
That's bad. I have devuan ceres, qpdf is version 11.10.0-1. I'm quite sure
the version from debian stable and newer also support
--remove-restrictions.
Nik
On 2025-02-19 04:01:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-users wrote:
Hm... and my version of qpdf doesn't support --remove-restrictions. :-( Hi all!
This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open
encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password
(that failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted
PDFs and removes the encryption (if password is correct)
How to use:
- Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like
it to reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this
program - Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in
plain kpdf.
Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody"
feels the need to add those.
--> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
Enjoy.
Nik
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20 Feb
20 Feb
6:58 a.m.
On 2/19/25 14:37, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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- Louis D. Brandeis
On 2025-02-19 04:01:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-users wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> This Workaround is for all that are plaged by kpdf not able to open
> encrypted PDFs. - It decrypts PDFs with the infamouse empty password (that
> failes on libpoppler) - It asks for the password for encrypted PDFs and
> removes the encryption (if password is correct)
>
> How to use:
> - Save the attached program to your ~/bin (or wherever you would like it to
> reside) - Change the file association for PDF to use this program
> - Open some encrypted/not-encrypted PDFs that did not work in plain kpdf.
>
> Commandline: "/where/ever/you/put/it/decrypt-pdf" PDF.pdf ...
>
> TDE specific file URLS like sftp:// don't work, but maybe "somebody"
feels
> the need to add those.
>
> --> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it could not cope with.
>
> Enjoy.
> Nik
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7:05 a.m.
Anno domini 2025 Thu, 20 Feb 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users scripsit:
[...]
Hi Gene!
It's in the lists archive:
https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydeskt…
Nik
> --> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it
could not cope with.
>
> Enjoy.
> Nik
mailing list stripped the attachment. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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7:24 a.m.
On 2/20/25 02:07, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users wrote:
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Anno domini 2025 Thu, 20 Feb 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users scripsit:
Got it, Thanks Nik
[...]
Hi Gene!
It's in the lists archive:
https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydeskt…
Nik > --> KPDF can now handle all PDFs that it
could not cope with.
>
> Enjoy.
> Nik
mailing list stripped the attachment. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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12:31 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
mailing list stripped the attachment.
Came through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email setup.
E. Liddell
21 Feb
21 Feb
5:27 a.m.
On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments.
Leslie
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mailing list stripped the attachment.
Came through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email
setup.
E. Liddell
10:13 a.m.
On 2/21/25 00:30, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users
wrote:
tbird beta user here, likely suspects?
On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments.
mailing list stripped the attachment.
Came
through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email
setup.
E. Liddell
Leslie
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
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10:21 a.m.
On 2025-02-21 04:13:15 gene heskett via tde-users wrote:
On 2/21/25 00:30, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
Some mail server through which your email is routed en route to its
destination.
Leslie
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On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users
wrote:
tbird beta user here, likely suspects? On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments. mailing list stripped the attachment.
Came through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email
setup.
E. Liddell
2:35 p.m.
On 2/21/25 05:23, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
On 2025-02-21 04:13:15 gene heskett via tde-users
wrote:
I haven't installed anything like that. that I know of. mail server is
mail2world via the local shentel cable tv company.
On 2/21/25 00:30, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
Some mail server through which your
email is routed en route to its
destination. On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users
wrote:
tbird beta user here, likely suspects? On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
> mailing list stripped the attachment.
Came through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email
setup.
E. Liddell
Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments.
Leslie
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
8:15 p.m.
On 2025-02-21 08:35:12 gene heskett via tde-users wrote:
On 2/21/25 05:23, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
No, no. This would be something happening on an intermediate mail server
between the one that provides your mail service and your desktop.
Another possibility is that your email provider is gratuitously moving mail
items that it thinks are spam into the spam folder on their server, so it
never gets sent on to you. I'm having trouble with missing emails myself at
the moment, and while investigating I used the web mail interface (I HATE it
and only use it when I MUST (maybe once or twice a year), and discovered 321
emails that had been held in the server's spam folder. I had to call their
customer support to find out how to defeat their "helpful" intervention.
Unfortunately, after they downloaded, the emails I'm currently searching for
were not in that batch, so the first possibility is likely my problem.
Leslie
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On 2025-02-21 04:13:15 gene heskett via tde-users
wrote:
I haven't installed anything like that. that I know of. mail server is
mail2world via the local shentel cable tv company. On 2/21/25 00:30, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
Some mail server through which your email is routed en route to its
destination. On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users
wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
>
> gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
>> mailing list stripped the attachment.
>
> Came through for me (small attach with mimetype "text/x-shellscript"),
> so it isn't the list that's at fault, but something else in your email
> setup.
>
> E. Liddell
Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments.
tbird beta user here, likely suspects? 
9:15 p.m.
On Friday 21 February 2025 12:15:58 J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote:
On 2025-02-21 08:35:12 gene heskett via tde-users
wrote:
Yeah, I am guessing that it is Gene's ISP that filters some of the more
obvious or egregious spam, as well as any attachments that look like they
could be something unwanted ... such as a shell script.
Almost certainly, no actual person looks at attachments, etc., but an
automated filter probably can detect a shell script, without knowing its
contents or purpose, or its origin, so it just gets blocked.
Maybe, if actual human beings knew that Gene was on a computer users mailing
list, and that we sometimes share such tips, tricks and scripts, they would
have recognized that it's probably okay. But automated filters aren't that
smart.
Bill
On 2/21/25 05:23, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
No, no. This would be something happening on an intermediate mail server
between the one that provides your mail service and your desktop.
Another possibility is that your email provider is gratuitously moving
mail items that it thinks are spam into the spam folder on their server, so
it never gets sent on to you. I'm having trouble with missing emails
myself at the moment, and while investigating I used the web mail interface
(I HATE it and only use it when I MUST (maybe once or twice a year), and
discovered 321 emails that had been held in the server's spam folder. I
had to call their customer support to find out how to defeat their
"helpful" intervention. Unfortunately, after they downloaded, the emails
I'm currently searching for were not in that batch, so the first
possibility is likely my problem.
Leslie On 2025-02-21 04:13:15 gene heskett via tde-users
wrote:
I haven't installed anything like that. that I know of. mail server is
mail2world via the local shentel cable tv company. On 2/21/25 00:30, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users
wrote:
> On 2025-02-20 06:31:55 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:58:05 -0500
>>
>> gene heskett via tde-users <users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
>>> mailing list stripped the attachment.
>>
>> Came through for me (small attach with mimetype
>> "text/x-shellscript"), so it isn't the list that's at fault,
but
>> something else in your email setup.
>>
>> E. Liddell
>
> Probably a "Nanny" filter that disallows code attachments.
tbird beta user here, likely suspects?
Some mail server through which your email is routed en route to its
destination.
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