Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 112648
Password-protected ODS accepts password but fails to open
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:35:17 UTC
A couple of hours ago I opened a password-protected spreadsheet in Calc, made some edits, and saved without problems. I just tried to re-open the file, it accepts my password and it starts loading, but then it gives following error message: "Read-Error. The wrong password has been entered." This cannot be due to mistyping of the password, because if I intentionally mis-type the password I get a different message: "The password is incorrect. The document cannot be opened.". Furthermore, the message displays before the file loads, whereas with the correct password the error message displays after the loading bar at the bottom of the screen has filled up. On the OpenOffice community forum I found a related problem that was solved (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10401&start=0#p48747), but the solved problem relates to a corrupt file that cannot be opened after a crash and subsequent recovery process. The solution was to use a hex editor to remove "manifest.xmlPK" at the end of the file. I tried that but it did not resolve my problem. I maintain the file on a laptop running Windows XP, but I have the same problem on my netbook, which runs OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu.
Just tried opening the document in Lotus Symphony, and the same problem occurs: the password is accepted, but after loading there is an error message "An error occurred while loading this document. The password was entered incorrectly or the process was canceled.".
Same problem has been reported to me (contact email on fr website) for OOo 3.2 on MacOS 10.6.4. Regards. JBF
Hi Mikhail, please take over as discussed. Frank
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".