How to set security options for a PDF using pdflatex
My questions is very simple.
How can I set security setting for a PDF file created with PDFLatex?
I should set some password or print permissions, etc.
pdf pdftex drm
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My questions is very simple.
How can I set security setting for a PDF file created with PDFLatex?
I should set some password or print permissions, etc.
pdf pdftex drm
edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
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asked Oct 13 '11 at 5:34
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migrated from stackoverflow.com Oct 18 '11 at 8:59
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My questions is very simple.
How can I set security setting for a PDF file created with PDFLatex?
I should set some password or print permissions, etc.
pdf pdftex drm
edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
12.9k640125
asked Oct 13 '11 at 5:34
IsraelIsrael
3831510
My questions is very simple.
How can I set security setting for a PDF file created with PDFLatex?
I should set some password or print permissions, etc.
pdf pdftex drm
pdf pdftex drm
edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
12.9k640125
asked Oct 13 '11 at 5:34
IsraelIsrael
3831510
edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
12.9k640125
asked Oct 13 '11 at 5:34
IsraelIsrael
3831510
edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
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edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
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edited Dec 20 '14 at 13:52
Martin Schröder
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asked Oct 13 '11 at 5:34
IsraelIsrael
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IsraelIsrael
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This answer, taken partially verbatim from Digital signature on TeX.SX:
Using the PDF Toolkit you can specify a separate owner and user password. Owner passwords are required when changing document properties, while user passwords may be required for performing certain actions, like printing. However, only specifying an owner password and allowing printing by default, would allow users of the document to view/read/print without authentication. You would need the following command line execution:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf owner_pw foo allow printing
The above commands takes as input input.pdf, sets the owner password to foo and would allow printing by any user. Modification of document settings require the owner password. See the documentation/man page and examples for more information.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
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Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
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As pdftk is no longer easily available for certain Linux distributions (or no longer easy to keep track of what is going on), another option is qpdf. Password protection is possible. The basic syntax is:
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt <userpwd> <ownerpwd> <key length> [ restrictions ] outfile.pdf
Where,
- one or both of
<userpassword>and<ownerpassword>may be empty strings
key lengthmay be40,128, or256and the higher the value the more restrictions one can impose on the use of the pdf.
For example,
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt usr own 128 --print=none -- outfile.pdf
should prevent unauthorized printing.
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This answer, taken partially verbatim from Digital signature on TeX.SX:
Using the PDF Toolkit you can specify a separate owner and user password. Owner passwords are required when changing document properties, while user passwords may be required for performing certain actions, like printing. However, only specifying an owner password and allowing printing by default, would allow users of the document to view/read/print without authentication. You would need the following command line execution:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf owner_pw foo allow printing
The above commands takes as input input.pdf, sets the owner password to foo and would allow printing by any user. Modification of document settings require the owner password. See the documentation/man page and examples for more information.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
WernerWerner
447k699891695
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Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
add a comment |
This answer, taken partially verbatim from Digital signature on TeX.SX:
Using the PDF Toolkit you can specify a separate owner and user password. Owner passwords are required when changing document properties, while user passwords may be required for performing certain actions, like printing. However, only specifying an owner password and allowing printing by default, would allow users of the document to view/read/print without authentication. You would need the following command line execution:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf owner_pw foo allow printing
The above commands takes as input input.pdf, sets the owner password to foo and would allow printing by any user. Modification of document settings require the owner password. See the documentation/man page and examples for more information.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
Community♦
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
WernerWerner
447k699891695
1
Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
add a comment |
This answer, taken partially verbatim from Digital signature on TeX.SX:
Using the PDF Toolkit you can specify a separate owner and user password. Owner passwords are required when changing document properties, while user passwords may be required for performing certain actions, like printing. However, only specifying an owner password and allowing printing by default, would allow users of the document to view/read/print without authentication. You would need the following command line execution:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf owner_pw foo allow printing
The above commands takes as input input.pdf, sets the owner password to foo and would allow printing by any user. Modification of document settings require the owner password. See the documentation/man page and examples for more information.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
Community♦
1
answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
WernerWerner
447k699891695
This answer, taken partially verbatim from Digital signature on TeX.SX:
Using the PDF Toolkit you can specify a separate owner and user password. Owner passwords are required when changing document properties, while user passwords may be required for performing certain actions, like printing. However, only specifying an owner password and allowing printing by default, would allow users of the document to view/read/print without authentication. You would need the following command line execution:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf owner_pw foo allow printing
The above commands takes as input input.pdf, sets the owner password to foo and would allow printing by any user. Modification of document settings require the owner password. See the documentation/man page and examples for more information.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
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447k699891695
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34
Community♦
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
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answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
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447k699891695
answered Oct 13 '11 at 6:46
WernerWerner
447k699891695
447k699891695
1
Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
add a comment |
1
Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
1
1
Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
Thank you very much for reply. I was useful for me, I am now using pdftk like my tool. But let me confirm one doubt... Is it no possible to add security with PdfLatex?
– NeoRiddle
Oct 14 '11 at 4:49
4
4
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
As far as I know, this is not possible directly. You need external software to encrypt the file.
– Werner
Oct 14 '11 at 4:54
add a comment |
As pdftk is no longer easily available for certain Linux distributions (or no longer easy to keep track of what is going on), another option is qpdf. Password protection is possible. The basic syntax is:
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt <userpwd> <ownerpwd> <key length> [ restrictions ] outfile.pdf
Where,
- one or both of
<userpassword>and<ownerpassword>may be empty strings
key lengthmay be40,128, or256and the higher the value the more restrictions one can impose on the use of the pdf.
For example,
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt usr own 128 --print=none -- outfile.pdf
should prevent unauthorized printing.
answered 24 mins ago
jonjon
19.8k23992
add a comment |
As pdftk is no longer easily available for certain Linux distributions (or no longer easy to keep track of what is going on), another option is qpdf. Password protection is possible. The basic syntax is:
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt <userpwd> <ownerpwd> <key length> [ restrictions ] outfile.pdf
Where,
- one or both of
<userpassword>and<ownerpassword>may be empty strings
key lengthmay be40,128, or256and the higher the value the more restrictions one can impose on the use of the pdf.
For example,
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt usr own 128 --print=none -- outfile.pdf
should prevent unauthorized printing.
answered 24 mins ago
jonjon
19.8k23992
add a comment |
As pdftk is no longer easily available for certain Linux distributions (or no longer easy to keep track of what is going on), another option is qpdf. Password protection is possible. The basic syntax is:
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt <userpwd> <ownerpwd> <key length> [ restrictions ] outfile.pdf
Where,
- one or both of
<userpassword>and<ownerpassword>may be empty strings
key lengthmay be40,128, or256and the higher the value the more restrictions one can impose on the use of the pdf.
For example,
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt usr own 128 --print=none -- outfile.pdf
should prevent unauthorized printing.
answered 24 mins ago
jonjon
19.8k23992
As pdftk is no longer easily available for certain Linux distributions (or no longer easy to keep track of what is going on), another option is qpdf. Password protection is possible. The basic syntax is:
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt <userpwd> <ownerpwd> <key length> [ restrictions ] outfile.pdf
Where,
- one or both of
<userpassword>and<ownerpassword>may be empty strings
key lengthmay be40,128, or256and the higher the value the more restrictions one can impose on the use of the pdf.
For example,
qpdf infile.pdf --encrypt usr own 128 --print=none -- outfile.pdf
should prevent unauthorized printing.
answered 24 mins ago
jonjon
19.8k23992
answered 24 mins ago
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