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Novell 2.15 - Passworded Files With .BAK Exte
DocumentID: 636970
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:27 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Users on Novell 2.15 are getting prompted for passwords on every file regardless of whether WP 5.1 has applied the password or not. Mysterious files with .BAK extensions appear in the data directory. These .BAK files are backups of the passworded documents. Solutions: The .BAK files were exact backups from the passworded documents. After deleting these passworded documents, the customer renamed the .BAK files to restore the original document names.

NOTE: To find out whether WordPerfect or another product/process applied the password, use the DOS Type command to try and view the document from DOS. If you can view the contents at DOS, it was not WordPerfect that encrypted the file. If control characters or illegible text appear on screen, WordPerfect has modified the encryptor byte correctly and a password has been applied.

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