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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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 01:13, 24 February 2005
- Note for Linux users: "Tools -> Options" is "Edit -> Preferences" on Linux.
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 [1] [2]. This situation sometimes occurs when one an existing Mozilla Suite profile's passwords is imported into Firefox at install time.
Solution
- Close Firefox.
- Go to "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Saved Passwords" and click on Clear.
If this does not solve the problem, try:
- Rename the "key3.db" file in your profile folder into anything else (for example, "key3.db.hide").
- 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.
