Problem with file permissions using Snow Lepord
I'm having problems with file Sharing & Permissions using Snow Lepord.
When I save any new file it only has 'Read & Write' privileges for the user, everyone else is 'read only' or 'no access'.
We have a Netgear NAS Server which is accessed by other users over the local network and if I change the Privilege to 'read & write' via Get Info and then copy the file from my desktop to ther server it changes the Privilege of the server version to 'no access' we then have to change it again for it to work.
I also created a new folder on the server and now it says 'no access' and has a no entry icon!
Any ideas???
We have issues like this. Have tried running AFP and SMB, now connecting using CIFS. All have the same problem. I can work on one or two files fine, then suddenly, one of the files I just worked on says I don't have permissions. I log off the server and log back on, and then I have permissions to the file. It will work fine for one or two operations, then fails. We just updated to OSX Mavericks and a Windows 2012 server, but have been having this issue for years. My permissions look fine. I can even change permissions, but it won't let me work on the file or move or delete the file or rename the file. Once I log out and log back in, I can do anything I want.
Similar Messages
-
Hello all,
I am making a simple HttpServlet, which takes input
from html page and saves in to a file, but I'm having a
bit of a problem with file permissions.
I'm getting the following exception
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission ./data/result read)
java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:264)
java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:427)
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532)
java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:871)
java.io.File.exists(File.java:700)
SyksyHTTPServlet.doPost(SyksyHTTPServlet.java:31)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor52.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:243)
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517)
org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:275)
org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:161)The exception seems to occur when I'm trying to check whether the file already
exists or not.
The data directory has all permissions (read, write and execute) set for all users,
and I have made an empty file called result inside the data directory for testing.
This file has read and write permissions enabled for all users.
Here's my code
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class SyksyHTTPServlet extends HttpServlet
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
int totalCount = 0;
List list;
String song = request.getParameter("song");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
File file = new File("./data/result");
if(file.exists()) // this is line 31, which seems to cause the exception
list = readFile(file);
else
file.createNewFile();
list = new ArrayList();
list.add(song);
writeFile(file, list);
for(int i = 0 ; i < list.size() ; i++)
out.println(list.get(i));
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
doPost(request, response);
private List readFile(File file)
List list = null;
try
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
list = (ArrayList)ois.readObject();
ois.close();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
return list;
private void writeFile(File file, List list)
try
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
oos.writeObject(list);
oos.flush();
oos.close();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}I'm using Tomcat 5.5 on Ubuntu Linux, if that has anything to do with this.
I'll appreciate all help.
kari-mattiHello again.
I'm still having problems with this. I made
a simple servlet that reads from and writes
to text file. The reading part work fine on my
computer, but the writing doesn't, not even
an exception is thrown if the file exists that
I'm trying to write to. If I try to create a new
file I'll get an exception about file permissions.
I also asked a friend of mine to try this same
servlet on his windows computer and it works
as it should.
Here's the code
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
public class ReadServlet extends HttpServlet
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
String s = "";
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
String docroot = getServletContext().getRealPath( "/" );
out.println("docroot: "+docroot);
File file = new File(docroot+"test.txt");
if(file.exists())
s = readFile(file);
out.println(s);
else
out.println("file not found");
//file.createNewFile(); // causes exception
//out.println("new file created.");
writeFile(file, "written by servlet");
out.println("Now look in the file "+file.getPath());
out.println("and see if it contains text 'written by servlet'");
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
doPost(request, response);
private String readFile(File file)
FileInputStream fis = null;
BufferedInputStream bis = null;
DataInputStream dis = null;
String s = "";
try
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
dis = new DataInputStream(bis);
s = dis.readLine();
fis.close();
bis.close();
dis.close();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
return s;
private void writeFile(File file, String s)
FileOutputStream fos = null;
BufferedOutputStream bos = null;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
try
fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fos);
dos = new DataOutputStream(bos);
dos.writeChars(s);
fos.flush();
bos.flush();
dos.flush();
fos.close();
bos.close();
dos.close();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}And if someone wants to test this servlet I can
give a war package.
Any advices?
kari-matti -
Problems with file permissions and authorization/authentication and hostname (using ddns)
hey guys!
decided to rewrite this entire question...it was too hard to understand what i want.
I have a student version of server 2012 r2. I installed like 50 roles, and then deleted 90% of them. i have....a bunch of webserver roles, almost all of them i bet, and misc others. no AD or dns roles..i deleted those i thought they might have been the problem.
I connected this to a dynamic dns courtesy of No-ip.com. example.ddns.net
when installing a blog or cms, and I am asked for the server name (for database) do i use localhost, 192.168.1.###, my router ip, computer name, example.ddns.net, or something else?
Same question above for iis bindings! What do i put for the host?
secondly, what file permissions do i set up? I can't seem to access umbraco, for example, from outside the network unless i use windows admin credentials in the physical path credentials via IIS advanced options.Hi,
The issue is related to IIS, I suggest you ask for help from IIS forum for better and accurate answer to the question.
http://forums.iis.net
Best Regards,
Mandy
We
are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this
interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time.
Thanks for helping make community forums a great place. -
Live Data / Problem with file permissions
Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I am
using my webhosting service for remote server/testing server
duties. It is running PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 3.23.58. I was able to
set up the database connection and test-retrieve a recordset with
no problems. In following the tutorial I found that Livedata
wouldn't work, it just giving me a warning about file permissions
being wrong. It turns out that when Dreamweaver creates a temporary
file of the work-in-progress to upload to the remote server the
file is created on the server with owner=rw, group=rw, world=r
which explains why it won't run - group has to be set to group=r.
The file is created on the fly and then immediately deleted by
Dreamweaver so it is impossible to manually set the permission on
the server and probably fairly pointless too.
I tried just saving the file and previewing in the browser
which again causes it to be uploaded to the remote server. The
first time this resulted in the browser offering a file download
box instead of running the page. The reason is - again - that
Dreamweaver is setting the uploaded file permissions to include
group=rw. If I manually set the permission for group to group=r it
runs fine.
It turns out that Dreamweaver is always setting the file
permissions on file uploads (checked php and html) to the
remote/testing server to include group=rw. Once I set it manually
on the remote/testing server to group=r for a php file everything
is fine and subsequent uploads of the same file do not change it
again.
I checked with the webhosting company and their second-line
have reported back to me that the default file permission they set
on uploaded files includes group=r so it must be DW that is causing
the problem by setting group=rw the first time. I confirmed this by
using WS-FTP to upload the same file (renamed) to the same target
directory and the permissions set were owner=rw, group=r, world=r.
So
Can anyone please tell me how to change the permissions DW
sets on files written to a remote server because I have spent
countless hours on it without success. From looking at other posts
in this forum it could be that other users are hitting the same
kind of problem with DW8Stop using Live Data with a hosting account. Set up PHP and
MySQL locally on
your machine. That is how it's supposed to work. You
shouldn't test files on
the fly on a host as you write them. Change your test account
in DW to use
the local server. Upload your files to your remote server
after they are
fully tested.
Tom Muck
http://www.tom-muck.com/
"nigelssuk" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Just trying out an old version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. I
am using my
> webhosting
> service for remote server/testing server duties. It is
running PHP 4.3.10
> and
> MySQL 3.23.58. I was able to set up the database
connection and
> test-retrieve a
> recordset with no problems. In following the tutorial I
found that
> Livedata
> wouldn't work, it just giving me a warning about file
permissions being
> wrong.
> It turns out that when Dreamweaver creates a temporary
file of the
> work-in-progress to upload to the remote server the file
is created on the
> server with owner=rw, group=rw, world=r which explains
why it won't run -
> group
> has to be set to group=r. The file is created on the fly
and then
> immediately
> deleted by Dreamweaver so it is impossible to manually
set the permission
> on
> the server and probably fairly pointless too.
>
> I tried just saving the file and previewing in the
browser which again
> causes
> it to be uploaded to the remote server. The first time
this resulted in
> the
> browser offering a file download box instead of running
the page. The
> reason is
> - again - that Dreamweaver is setting the uploaded file
permissions to
> include
> group=rw. If I manually set the permission for group to
group=r it runs
> fine.
>
> It turns out that Dreamweaver is always setting the file
permissions on
> file
> uploads (checked php and html) to the remote/testing
server to include
> group=rw. Once I set it manually on the remote/testing
server to group=r
> for a
> php file everything is fine and subsequent uploads of
the same file do not
> change it again.
>
> I checked with the webhosting company and their
second-line have reported
> back
> to me that the default file permission they set on
uploaded files includes
> group=r so it must be DW that is causing the problem by
setting group=rw
> the
> first time. I confirmed this by using WS-FTP to upload
the same file
> (renamed)
> to the same target directory and the permissions set
were owner=rw,
> group=r,
> world=r.
>
> So
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to change the permissions
DW sets on files
> written to a remote server because I have spent
countless hours on it
> without
> success. From looking at other posts in this forum it
could be that other
> users
> are hitting the same kind of problem with DW8
> -
Problem with file permissions in Windows shares
Due to a company merger we are now supporting a group of Macs in our PC environment. These Macs connect to our Windows shares. This generally works well, however we have discovered a problem. It’s to do with the way our Macs interact with our Windows shares. When they copy a file to a windows share they take the permissions for the file they copy from the route of the share rather than from the subfolder the files are copied to and write the file permissions accordingly.
This only affects admin users who use Macs with the ability to change file permissions. Everyone else inherits the permissions from the subfolder as they should because their account can’t change the permissions. If the route and subfolder permissions are the same then there is no change. If they are different, the Mac will use the share route permissions as preference.
We have shares where users don’t have access to the route folder but do have access to other folders. This is so that they can’t change the top level folder structure. However they are able to create folders and files under the top level folders. If an administrator uses a Mac, no one has access to any files or folders they create because users don’t have access to the route folder and this is copied to the files and folders they create. This doesn’t affect our PC’s only the Macs.
We are using the latest Mac OS fully updated and Windows 2008 server. Is this a normal Mac ‘Feature’? Is there a work around?I’m a bit disappointed by the lack of response to my problem. As Windows is the predominant file server in business, this problem must have occurred before.
Are Mac people really saying that Macs are not designed to connect to networks? At the moment our Macs are unusable apart from a few isolated tasks. Basically they are used by a few designers who work in isolation. If PC’s had this problem no one would buy them. -
[solved] findutils - problem with file permissions
Hey,
I tried running makepkg -c for an updated PKGBUILD of a package I maintain in the AUR (gretl), and it seemed fine but then hit:
==> Tidying install...
-> Purging other files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
-> Stripping debugging symbols from binaries and libraries...
-> Removing libtool .la files...
-> Removing empty directories...
find: invalid predicate `-delete'
I'd had some other strange errors with find over the past few weeks or so (my last -Syu was after this month's catalyst driver came out with support for the current kernel) but had shrugged them off. This error made me decide to try reinstalling findutils, and it gave the error:
error: cannot remove file 'usr/bin/find': Operation not permitted
a bit stupidly, I tried pacman -Rd then -S findutils, and now I get
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
findutils: /usr/bin/find exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
missing dependency for ca-certificates : findutils
missing dependency for initscripts : findutils
missing dependency for mkinitcpio : findutils
missing dependency for texinfo : findutils
ls -als /usr/bin | grep find gives:
12 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10636 Mar 25 16:24 deepfind
64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 59200 May 9 01:58 efinder
64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 500 500 59536 Jun 16 14:49 find
and rm, mv, chmod, chown etc on /usr/bin/find as root, and from livecd, all also come back with "Operation not permitted".
find seems to work fine for a few simple uses I've just tried.. but the last time I ran makepkg -c without the error was before the last system upgrade, so I'm guessing find didn't upgrade properly then due to whatever is wrong with the permissions, leading to the other errors.
Anyway, I guess the question is, can I do anything to get rid of /usr/bin/find and reinstall findutils? don't mind so much about missing dependencies as I tend not to upgrade that often, but find not doing what it should is a bit of a pain.
Last edited by manehi (2009-08-30 08:52:20)mm I tried all that, and no luck. though trying adduser 500 did give me a helpful reminder that usernames can't start with numbers...
anyway, it's not a huge deal atm, and I can always clean reinstall the / partition if things really break. Thanks all the same.
PS:
huh, just had a thought - I remember how I used to get annoyed how mounting partitions using ext2ifs in windows didn't respect permissions properly. and now I almost wish I had a windows partition / that this wasn't a laptop hard drive...
Last edited by manehi (2009-08-30 00:31:13) -
Problems with file upload using AMF or SOAP
We use your AMF to connect Flex with Ruby on Rails.
Everything is OK, except file upload.
We did not find how to upload file using AMF or SOAP RPC from
Flex. Only to use FileReference.upload().
The problem is that Flex uses different User-Agent in HTTP
header for this upload and for SOAP/AMF calls.
This means that sessions are different. And even if you
authenticated via SOAP/AMF you can not use it to upload file.
Could you, please, advice is there any other way to upload
files from Flex via SOAP or AMF?Please, help me on this issue, i am still waiting for someone replying me!
-
[Solved] Problem with file permissions for a group
I'm working on a simple Apache HTTP server just to get a small education in proper unix work.
To save myself sudoing everything (and generally because it seems the proper way to use unix), I'm trying to give my user control over the /srv directory. So I ran:
- `sudo groupadd srvadmin` to create a group called srvadmin
- `sudo chown -R :srvadmin /srv` to change the group-owner of /srv to srvadmin (and all files inside it)
- `sudo chmod -vR g+w /srv` to give /srv and all its files group write permission
- `sudo gpasswd -a <me> srvadmin` to add my user to the srvadmin group
But I still can't create or edit files in /srv
"ls -l / | grep srv" gives:
drwxrwxr-x 4 root srvadmin 4096 Dec 19 17:44 srv
all the files and directories inside /srv also have group write permissions and are owned by user "root" and group "srvadmin"
"cat /etc/group | grep srv" gives:
srvadmin:x:1000:<me>
However, possibly herein lies a clue:
"id" gives:
uid=1000(<me>) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),7(lp),10(wheel),50(games),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),96(scanner),98(power)
That is, "id" doesn't tell me I'm in the srvadmin group.
It seems like there's an important concept about groups and permissions that I'm not getting, but reading several man and wiki pages hasn't enlightened me. Could anyone suggest what I'm missing?
Thanks.
Last edited by bjackman (2012-01-15 20:43:09)fsckd wrote:
bjackman wrote:Edit: I'm guessing only mods can put [Solved] tags in a title?
No, our job is to tell you to do it yourself: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post (second to last bullet)
Ok, this is pretty embarrassing given the parallels with the topic of this thread, but I coudn't edit the title (which is the reason for my earlier remark; I assumed I didn't have permission)!
The text box was un-editable (not "disabled", I just couldn't edit the text in it). I managed to change it in the end by deleting all the text and typing a new title. I think it may have been just because the title was at the exact character limit. -
Performance Problem with File Adapter using FTP Conection
Hi All,
I have a pool of 19 interfaces that send data from R/3 using RFC Adpater, and these interfaces generate 30 TXT files in a target Server. I'm using File Adapters as Receiver Comunication Channel. It's generating a serious perfomance problem. In File Adpater I'm using FTP Conection with Permanently Conection, Somebody knows if PERMANENTLY CONECTION is the cause of performances problem ?
These interfaces will run once a day with total of 600 messages.
We still using a Test Server with few messages.Hi Regis,
We also faced teh same porblem. Whats happening is that when the FTP session is initiated by the file adapter, then its getting done from teh XI server. Hence the memory of the server is also eaten up. Why dont you give a try by using 'per file transfer'.
If this folder to which you are connecting is within your XI server network then you can mount(or map) that drive to the XI server and use it with a NFS protocol of the file adapter and thereby increasing the performance.
Cheers
JK -
Problem with File Upload using SmartUpload class.
Hello.
I need to get a file from client browser. I have HTML form that has mixed data, parameters and files submitted to server. I looked through the forum messages and got the, recommended by many, SmartUpload class. The problem is: when I call SmartUpload.upload() method my system hangs. It takes forever to download a file that is 20Kb. Below is the code from my source:
SmartUpload su = new SmartUpload();
su.initialize(getServletConfig(), req, res);
su.upload(); <--- It stops right here forever...
Enumeration enum = su.getRequest().getParameterNames();
I tried the com.oreilly.servlet.multipart.MultipartParser class, also mentioned in forum messages. I used exactly the same html page to submit the same file and other parameters. It worked just fine. The only reason I need SmartUpload class is because it has getParameterValues(�) method that returns String array of values.
Do you have any idea what is going on? If you know how to get array of values and file(s) without using SmartUpload from a html page, please help me with it.
Thank you for any suggestions.I looked at MultipartRequest class before but the problems is that it saves upload file directly to disk (push technology). I need to save this file into an XML database, using InputStream, (the upload file is normally xml document or an image).
-
Problems with file permissions (read only) from Migration Assistant
So, I just got a new computer (Mac Pro / Leopard) and I used the Migration Assistant to bring in all of my information from my old Powerbook running Tiger. Once that was done I had two accounts: my old admin account (with all of my settings) and my new admin account (the default). I deleted the new admin account because I had no intent to use it any longer, and planned to continue using the old one.
But since then, I have been having some permissions issues. Pretty much all of my files are Read Only, so I have to set the permissions on them one-by-one as I need to write them. This also prevented me from doing the 10.5.2 update in Software Update (I was able to get it manually from apple.com.
I need to know if there's any way to fix this. I tried restoring from the discs, but that didn't affect anything. I've tried repairing permissions, and while that may have helped with some system folders, it doesn't help with the rest of the hundreds of files that I'm sure I'll need to "unlock" in the future.
Please help!Repairing permissions won't fix this. Repair permissions can only work on system files and other files which have a bill of materials (BOM) receipt in /Library/Receipts.
You need to change the ownership of the files. This is very easy to do with terminal if you know what you're doing:
sudo chown -R username:staff
where username is your short username (e.g. mine is blloyd). -
Mac OS 10.7.4, updating new version Microsoft Office 14.2.7, ERROR "The Installer can’t open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions."
The Apple Installer version is Version 5.0.1 (537).
When I check the Installer Log, I find only these two messages that I do not understand.
Jul 12 09:29:13 Bruces-MacBook-Pro Installer[423]: Install's runner tool is not properly configured as a setuid tool.
Jul 12 09:29:13 Bruces-MacBook-Pro Installer[423]: Unable to create InstallController
I changed all the permissions for all the Microsoft Office Folder users to Read and Write.
Restart, same errorSee:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1948155?threadID=1948155&tstart=1
I had identical Installer Log failure notices: I used Houdini to view the invisible files and per Limnos' suggestion cautiously dragged
user > library > preferences > com.apple.installer.plist out of that folder onto my desktop and double-clicked on the .pkg file again and it opened and installed properly.
My Installer now works properly on all .pkg files. -
Is anyone having the same type of problems I'm having with Lion. I have a new MacBook Pro, received 7 weeks ago, preinstalled with Leopard 10.6.7. I didn't migrate anything from my old iMac, wanted a clean install from the Apple Store. While there, I asked for the upgrade to Lion 10.7, however their system was down.
I installed it myself, wirelessly about a week later, and Apple emailed me a receipt. Now, I've had to call support directly last week when I lost Mail, Address Book, was unable to open Preview or iTunes, among other problems. Seemed fixed after a session that baffled even the store tech. Now I am unable to download or install the recent Mac updates for Lion, from the App Store, could not install Adobe Reader, etc. Messages range from 'A network error has occured - Check your Internet connection and try again' to 'The Installer is damaged and cannot open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions.' All fail and I'll probably have to call Apple again. I am frustrated beyond words. Logs 'Install's runner tool is not properly configured as a setuid tool', domain errors, 'attempt to write a readonly database, and on and on. I have barely done a thing on this computer except search online for help with these problems. Safari gives me a 'You are not connected to the internet' too often. Diagnostics disagrees. I do see wi-fi problems in the forum. Disk and permissions were fine at the beginning of the earlier problems, checked first by support tech. I'm not sure if support tech even knew. I was just happy they were fixed. Anyone have these download and/or install problems after a 'clean bill of health' so to speak, only a week ago?Let's try the following user tip with that one:
"There is a problem with this Windows Installer package ..." error messages when installing iTunes for Windows -
why would an error pop up saying the installer is damaged. The Installer can’t open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions. when trying to install java 7?
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select
/var/log ▹ install.log
from the hierarchical list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar. Then select the messages from the last installation or update attempt, starting from the time when you initiated it. If you're not sure when that was, click the Clear Display button in the toolbar of the Console window and then try the installation again.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting. -
I have a problem with a pdf file which does not open with reader in windows 8 but it opens properly with adobe pdf reader. All other pdf can be opened in reader.But when i open a pdf(see this link for pdf for which i got error http://incometaxsoft.com/temp/Form.pdf)
it gives error as "Can't open this file. There's a problem with file format".
The same file opens properly in adobe pdf reader.You can check the pdf file which i have mentioned in the link above.But the reader which comes with windows 8 can open some other pdf in the same PC.What may be the error causing this??This has turned out to be an enormous issue for me as I sell PDF files as ebooks. I have done a fair amount of investigating this for my system.
My files have to be compatible not just across readers but across operating systems.
To date, I have over 200 PDFs that have functioned flawlessly across Mac, PC (Windows 7 and below), Android, iPhone/iPad, Linux.
I personally test my PDFs using a variety of readers and PDF editors including
PDF XChange (my favorite)
Foxit (runner up for me and I recommend for most people)
Adobe (the bloated monster)
Nitro 9 (great for moving graphical elements around)
ABBYY
And the Nuance PDF Create toolsets
Those are off the top of my head. There are a bunch on Android that I test with too.
I am running the Windows 10 Pro Tech Preview and I have this same problem so I know it isn't fixed yet in any kind of pre-release way (-sigh-)
Here is what I've learned for my situation
The PDFs I created using NUANCE'S PDF CREATE PROFESSIONAL VERSION 8
all fail using the built-in Windows 8/10 PDF reader.
When I look at the PDF properties for these Nuance created files, the underlying engine used to write them is called "ImageToPDF". Using ABBYY it indicates their own engine as does everyone else that I've tried. It is easy for you to check to see
what created your PDF by doing a "Control D" (look at the document properties). Perhaps there's a common engine causing issues.
If I use the exact same source files to create a PDF using any of my other tools I have no issues. I checked the PDF versions made by the tools and they are all set to 1.5.
A customer mentioned being able to convert them in a way they worked by saving them without having to do any kind of extraction, but I have not been able to duplicate that. Perhaps he did a "print" which seems like it could work.
In summary, the workaround everyone is talking about, using an alternate reader, of course works. But not everyone wants to change.
The culprit I have found is my Nuance PDF Creation tools that are using the ImageToPDF engine.
I hope it gets FIXED as I really don't want to have to regenerate all of my PDF files.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Hey there! So without getting into too much detail, here's my problem: I have to take every approved entry from this website: http://eapr.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/CertDetails.aspx Then paste it into an Excel spreadsheet. I need only 'Declared Articles'
-
Everytime I try to update to Itunes 11 I get an error message saying that Itunes has an invalid signature and can't be installed? I have tried to install it two times and get the same message each time. Any solutions to my problem?? Those who have i
-
Dock won't show up...Can't click anything
I have a 2006 Macbook running Snow Leopard. Just last week my computer booted up to the desktop. All my icons loaded up but the background picture did not and the dock didn't load up. I can click on things but I can't open any files. I can go through
-
Init backgrounding - what is it ?
I am just trying to get to grips with the init system of Arch (I am used to the sysv method). I have seen the word "backgrounding" mentioned a few times, but cannot find a reference to what it actually does, so would be interested in a quick explanat
-
I don't know if it is 10.7 or the printer or what?