Bug 459613

Summary:	[unarchiver] Cannot open password-protected RAR archives
Product:	[Applications] ark	Reporter:	Sujal <sujaljain081105.1>
Component:	plugins	Assignee:	Elvis Angelaccio <elvis.angelaccio>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid, adriano.ceni.no1, besentv, nicolas.fella, rthomsen6, sujaljain081105.1
Priority:	NOR
Version:	22.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	error preview Example of header-encrypted RAR4 archive Example of header-encrypted RAR5 archive

Description Sujal 2022-09-24 18:37:18 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. I got a ZIP archive and it is password-protected.
2. The ZIP is file-name protected ie I can't even see folder tree.
3. I type the correct password and it goes saying: "Loading the archive ‘/run/media/****/fire/6912T5*********7vU.rar’ failed with the following error:
Wrong password."

OBSERVED RESULT
Loading the archive ‘/run/media/****/fire/6912T5*********7vU.rar’ failed with the following error:
Wrong password."

EXPECTED RESULT
I opened the same file with the password on peazip and it worked without any 'wrong password' errors. It has happened to me before for .rar files before too and they also worked on peazip providing the password.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Plasma 5.25.5, Kernel 5.4.212-1-MANJARO
(available in About System)
Qt Version: QT5? I don't know

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All the password-protected files work on peazip. I got a screenshot here: https://images4.imagebam.com/4e/b7/c3/MEDTUS2_o.png

Comment 1 Sujal 2022-09-24 18:38:52 UTC

Created attachment 152386 [details]
error preview

Comment 2 Sujal 2022-09-25 06:34:12 UTC

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Plasma 5.25.5, Kernel 5.4.212-1-MANJARO
(available in About System)
Qt Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
OS: Manjaro Linux

Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 13:34:18 UTC

Created attachment 152415 [details]
Example of header-encrypted RAR4 archive

Password = asdasd

Comment 4 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 13:34:37 UTC

Created attachment 152416 [details]
Example of header-encrypted RAR5 archive

Password = asdasd

Comment 5 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 13:45:26 UTC

Looks like something broke in theunarchiver, I filed an issue upstream: https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/issues/148

As temporary workaround from ark settings you can disable the Unarchiver plugin and enable the RAR plugin (you'll also need to install unrar on your system).

Comment 6 Sujal 2022-09-25 15:02:33 UTC

(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #5)
> Looks like something broke in theunarchiver, I filed an issue upstream:
> https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/issues/148
> 
> As temporary workaround from ark settings you can disable the Unarchiver
> plugin and enable the RAR plugin (you'll also need to install unrar on your
> system).

Thanks for the information. Your method works. Do I need to switch back to unarchiver when bug resolved? As you said temporarily.

And, if you don't mind, how did you create a .rar archive in linux (your machine?) did you use a GUI app or the command line. If you used command line then probably there isn't any GUI for this file type. I heard its proprietary i.e., because.

Comment 7 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 20:17:47 UTC

(In reply to Sujal from comment #6)
> (In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #5)
> > Looks like something broke in theunarchiver, I filed an issue upstream:
> > https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster/issues/148
> > 
> > As temporary workaround from ark settings you can disable the Unarchiver
> > plugin and enable the RAR plugin (you'll also need to install unrar on your
> > system).
> 
> Thanks for the information. Your method works. Do I need to switch back to
> unarchiver when bug resolved? As you said temporarily.
> 
> And, if you don't mind, how did you create a .rar archive in linux (your
> machine?) did you use a GUI app or the command line. If you used command
> line then probably there isn't any GUI for this file type. I heard its
> proprietary i.e., because.

The RAR plugin is better but requires non-free binaries (unrar and rar).

You can create a rar archive with Ark itself, as long as you have the proprietary rar binary installed.

Comment 8 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 20:27:33 UTC

*** Bug 458523 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Elvis Angelaccio 2022-09-25 20:31:31 UTC

*** Bug 454320 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***