ImageMagick: "convert not authorized" error
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:31 pm
[PROBLEM]
Converting several PNGs into a PDF using Imagemagick, I get the following error:
[SOLUTION]
I haven't checked if this approach is correct (lack of time right now), but here's a quick hack:
In "/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml", replace rights "none" with "read|write" for PDF. Like this:
I never had to deal with ImageMagick policies/rights before, so use this at your own risk...
Links:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/429 ... dimage-453
Converting several PNGs into a PDF using Imagemagick, I get the following error:
Although the command is valid, checked, correct and everything:convert: not authorized `output.pdf' @ error/constitute.c/WriteImage/1028
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$ convert *.png -resize 1920x1920 -compress jpeg -density 150 -units PixelsPerInch -quality 65% output.pdf- OS is Xubuntu 16.04.3
- ImageMagick: 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.13
[SOLUTION]
I haven't checked if this approach is correct (lack of time right now), but here's a quick hack:
In "/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml", replace rights "none" with "read|write" for PDF. Like this:
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<!-- disable ghostscript format types -->
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="read|write" pattern="PDF" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="EPS" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="XPS" />Links:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/429 ... dimage-453