manual/security/permissions.rb
# frozen_string_literal: true
require 'prawn/manual_builder'
Prawn::ManualBuilder::Chapter.new do
title 'Permissions'
text do
prose <<~TEXT
Some permissions may be set for the regular user with the following
options: <code>:print_document</code>, <code>:modify_contents</code>,
<code>:copy_contents</code>, <code>:modify_annotations</code>. All this
options default to <code>true</code>, so if you'd like to revoke just set
them to <code>false</code>.
A user may bypass all permissions if he provides the owner password which
may be set with the <code>:owner_password</code> option. This option may
be set to <code>:random</code> so that users will never be able to bypass
permissions.
There are some caveats when encrypting your PDFs. Be sure to read the source
documentation (you can find it here:
https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn/blob/master/lib/prawn/security.rb\u200B)
before using this for anything super serious.
TEXT
end
example eval: false, standalone: true do
# User cannot print the document.
Prawn::Document.generate('cannot_print.pdf') do
text "If you used the user password you won't be able to print the doc."
encrypt_document(
user_password: 'foo',
owner_password: 'bar',
permissions: { print_document: false },
)
end
# All permissions revoked and owner password set to random
Prawn::Document.generate('no_permissions.pdf') do
text "You may only view this and won't be able to use the owner password."
encrypt_document(
user_password: 'foo',
owner_password: :random,
permissions: {
print_document: false,
modify_contents: false,
copy_contents: false,
modify_annotations: false,
},
)
end
end
end