How to make a pdf read only?

Matthew Crews mailinglists at mattcrews.com
Tue Aug 10 13:34:13 MST 2021


On 8/10/21 1:01 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> PDF files can only be edited with something like Acrobat or a tool that
> lets you do that. 

There are plenty of Linux tools that let you edit PDF files. Here is a
short list, but far from complete list:

* Libreoffice Draw
* Okular
* Scribus

If you want to make a PDF read only, the best you can do is digitally
sign it with a PGP key or something similar.

-Matt


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