JILL Whitlock wrote:
> I had firefox once, set a master password, and did not write it
> down....yes, I know....that was stupid. I uninstalled the firefox
> browser, I don't remember why. I have reinstalled it because my son
> said it is much better than IE. Problem is, it keeps asking for my
> master password and I haven't a clue. How can I retrieve it? Any
> answers would be appreciated ..send to nursepjill@yahoo.com , as I
> don't even know how I got here, much less to get back and look for
> answers. Thank you
>
>
"http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password#Reset_your_master_password"

I have a machine on which the user installed firefox 2.0, & lost the
password. I tried uninstalling firefox and manually deleting every mozilla
file I could find on the drive. Reinstalling firefox...and then I get the
same prompt to enter the master password. I tried the decrypt and strip apps
available and nothing has worked so far. Anyone got there yet?

Roberto Aguero wrote:
> I have a machine on which the user installed firefox 2.0, & lost the
> password. I tried uninstalling firefox and manually deleting every mozilla
> file I could find on the drive. Reinstalling firefox...and then I get the
> same prompt to enter the master password. I tried the decrypt and strip apps
> available and nothing has worked so far. Anyone got there yet?
Try going to profile and removing (temporaily)

cert8.db
key3.db

and any files that files with a long series of nuber with either a .s or
a .w

Reopen FF You end up wiping out all your saved passwords. but you will
be able to create a new Master Password (That you should commit to
memory or write down in a little black book).

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On Feb 14, 12:29 am, "Roberto Aguero" wrote:
> I had previously looked for those files, but they do not exist in version
> 2.0. anyone have a path to for those two? I tried using the search tool to
> pull up all .db files and nothing! But thanks for trying.
>
> >>> On 2/9/2007 at 3:07 PM, in message
>
> , Phillip M. Jones,
>
> C.E.T wrote:
> > Roberto Aguero wrote:
> >> I have a machine on which the user installed firefox 2.0, & lost the
> >>password. I tried uninstalling firefox and manually deleting every
> > mozilla
> >> file I could find on the drive. Reinstalling firefox...and then I get
> > the
> >> same prompt to enter themasterpassword. I tried the decrypt and strip
> > apps
> >> available and nothing has worked so far. Anyone got there yet?
> > Try going to profile and removing (temporaily)
>
> > cert8.db
> > key3.db
>
> > and any files that files with a long series of nuber with either a .s or
>
> > a .w
>
> > Reopen FF You end up wiping out all your saved passwords. but you will
> > be able to create a newMasterPassword(That you should commit to
> > memory or write down in a little black book).


Hi there,

I changed my master password yesterday and then promptly forgot the
clever alpha-numeric combination I'd chosen! How stupid am i?

Anyway, followed the advice in this thread and had a look back through
some others and found this:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozil...19a491f4473f7d

It worked a treat and apart from the fact that I have lost most of my
saved passwords, (some are on my desktop too so not the end of the
world), have resuced myself relatively easily.

Do you think if I rescue the file signons from my deleted files, it
would save all my passwords? Guess not as that would compromise the
security of the whole thing



S

laurent.lego@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Feb 14, 12:29 am, "Roberto Aguero" wrote:
>> I had previously looked for those files, but they do not exist in version
>> 2.0. anyone have a path to for those two? I tried using the search tool to
>> pull up all .db files and nothing! But thanks for trying.
>>
>>>>> On 2/9/2007 at 3:07 PM, in message
>> , Phillip M. Jones,
>>
>> C.E.T wrote:
>>> Roberto Aguero wrote:
>>>> I have a machine on which the user installed firefox 2.0, & lost the
>>>> password. I tried uninstalling firefox and manually deleting every
>>> mozilla
>>>> file I could find on the drive. Reinstalling firefox...and then I get
>>> the
>>>> same prompt to enter themasterpassword. I tried the decrypt and strip
>>> apps
>>>> available and nothing has worked so far. Anyone got there yet?
>>> Try going to profile and removing (temporaily)
>>> cert8.db
>>> key3.db
>>> and any files that files with a long series of nuber with either a .s or
>>> a .w
>>> Reopen FF You end up wiping out all your saved passwords. but you will
>>> be able to create a newMasterPassword(That you should commit to
>>> memory or write down in a little black book).
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I changed my master password yesterday and then promptly forgot the
> clever alpha-numeric combination I'd chosen! How stupid am i?
>
> Anyway, followed the advice in this thread and had a look back through
> some others and found this:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/mozil...19a491f4473f7d
>
> It worked a treat and apart from the fact that I have lost most of my
> saved passwords, (some are on my desktop too so not the end of the
> world), have resuced myself relatively easily.
>
> Do you think if I rescue the file signons from my deleted files, it
> would save all my passwords? Guess not as that would compromise the
> security of the whole thing

since you used a master passwords, then all your passwords would be
encrypted based on that password. So, saving the signons.txt file would
be useless unless you know what that master password is. If you don't
need a master password, then don't use it.

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doesn't work on version 2.0

Roberto Aguero wrote:
> doesn't work on version 2.0
"http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password#Reset_your_master_password"

That worked perfectly! thanks!

>>> On 2/17/2007 at 5:58 AM, in message
, Nir
wrote:
> Roberto Aguero wrote:
>> doesn't work on version 2.0
> "http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password#Reset_your_master_password"