[Wine] adobe reader 8.x can't decrypt using online authentication

Austin English
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:41:26 -0000

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:28 AM, jinhale <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> justin at methuselah:~$ wine --version
> wine-1.0.1
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> justin at methuselah:~$ uname -a
> Linux methuselah 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
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> I use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8.1.1.  It can open files that don't
require decryption online.  I, however, have to connect to an external server to
validate my unique user name and password for the pdf files I must read.  This
is so I can read my text books online for my online university, CTUO.   I get an
immediate error that states I need to connect to the network first before
sending my user name and password.  I have tried in vain to get some information
from Adobe on the matter, by using their UNIX forums.
>
> Every Linux based application for reading pdf files I have ever used has
the same problem.  I have never been able to open a pdf file on my Ubuntu Linux
machine if the file requires online validation of a user name and password to
decrypt an encrypted file.  This remains the only reason I have to use a windows
computer, besides my own.
>
> I'm hoping there is some hkey or something else simple that I can add
or modify to let AR 8.x know that I am in fact connected to the Internet.  Any
ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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Please attach terminal output.

Might try native winhttp/wininet.

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-Austin