timMay 27

Hello Mastodon community,

I need your collective wisdom/knowledge. I’m looking for #software that allows me to open and view #pdf files on a #Linux distribution and #encrypt them with a password. I’d like to be able to not only define who is allowed to view the file at all, but also to protect specific permissions with the password (print permission, copy permission).
With #qpdf, I can configure this very easily via the terminal.
However, I need a piece of software – preferably open source – that offers this with a graphical user interface. Do you know of any such software?

What do you use to encrypt pdf files?

Many thanks in advance.

#opensource #oss #ubuntu #fedora #encryption #gui #Linux #pdf #qpdf

Show threadZeStig     ⚡
@timbun in case sites like ilovepdf can't be used, Only office has an option to password-protect PDFs.
May 27 at 3:23pmWeb
Show threadtimMay 27

@zstg

Thank you very much for your quick reply. Actually, uploading the file(s) somewhere isn’t an option. I’ll bear OnlyOffice in mind. I was hoping there might be a more lightweight solution. I’d really rather not have to install a whole Office suite just for this.