Re: password protect file befor emailing

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user.
>
> If possible I would like to password protect it.
>
> Is there a way to password protect files on Etch?

$ aptitude install pdftk

# pdftk file.pdf output file-pw.pdf user_pw topsecret allow AllFeatures

file.pdf is the unencrypted file, file-pw.pdf is encrypted with the
password 'topsecret'.
Without 'allow AllFeatures' your poor Windows user won't be able to
print or copy paste it.

See man pdftk

HTH,

Johannes
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