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| : ''Note for Linux users: "Tools -> Options" is "Edit -> Preferences" on Linux.''
| | #redirect [[Master password]] |
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| Upon initial installation, Firefox sometimes believes it has a Master Password in effect and the user is unable to change it using "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords -> Change Master Password" because the set Master Password is unknown to the user [http://forums.mozillanews.org/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=435] [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=110487]. This situation sometimes occurs when one an existing Mozilla Suite profile's passwords is imported into Firefox at install time.
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| ==Solution==
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| * Close Firefox.
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| * Go to "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords" and click on Clear.
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| If this does not solve the problem, try:
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| * Rename the "key3.db" file in your [[profile folder]] into anything else (for example, "key3.db.hide").
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| * Then, if you want to actually set a Master Password you can use, open Firefox and use either "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords -> Change Master Password" or "chrome://pippki/content/pref-masterpass.xul" (see [[Chrome URLs]]) to enter your desired password.
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 7 April 2005