42647 – command line option to specify password

Bug 42647 - command line option to specify password

Summary: command line option to specify password

Status:	NEW

Alias:	None

Product:	LibreOffice
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Libreoffice (show other bugs)
Version:	3.4.3 release
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	medium enhancement
Assignee:	Not Assigned
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Reported:	2011-11-06 11:37 UTC by Battery Staple
Modified:	2012-04-19 22:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Battery Staple 2011-11-06 11:37:45 UTC

Hi,

it would be very nice if one could open libreoffice with

soffice --password="passwordstring" [file]

and

soffice --passfile="/location/to/password/in/file" [file]

I'd like to store encrypted libreoffice files on dropbox, but I really do not want to type in my [random] password every time.

Thanks a lot!

Comment 1 sasha.libreoffice 2012-04-19 04:42:35 UTC

Thanks for new idea
Writing password as plain text that anyone can see it.

Comment 2 Battery Staple 2012-04-19 07:35:05 UTC

I've described a scenario where it makes sense to supply the password in plaintext. Plus I've asked for keyfile support, so what's your problem with that?

Comment 3 sasha.libreoffice 2012-04-19 22:17:00 UTC

Thanks for additional information.
Integration with system and desktop password handling will be also interesting

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