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** [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/588 Allow password remembering] | ** [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/588 Allow password remembering] | ||
** [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/750 Auto-login] | ** [http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/750 Auto-login] | ||
===Problem sites=== | |||
Even after use of "remember_password" bookmarklet, and even deleting cookies for a site or other means above, you may still experience some difficulties with some sites. | |||
* '''GMail/Google''' where after double-clicking on the userid and selecting your userid, it does not fill in the password. Choose to try another id, this time when you choose your id, it should fill in the password as well. You can only be logged into one Google account at a time. Google cookies are unique to each userid and to not signed in (no userid) within your profile. | |||
* '''Yahoo''' remembers your password for two weeks so you think everything is fine then it fails. You may have to delete the cookies for Yahoo, use the remember bookmarklet and wait two weeks to see if you were really successful or not. | |||
* '''Bank sites''', '''financial sites''', and other sites that have your social security number and financial transactions, and can transfer money do attempt to protect your password from being saved, you should not try to bypass such features that are designed to protect you and other customers. There are passwords you should just remember and not store them anywhere in, on or near your computer. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 18:47, 17 July 2010
This article deals with Firefox or Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey not remembering user names and passwords you enter. If Thunderbird does not remember passwords, see Password not remembered - Thunderbird.
- If Firefox remembers the password only after you enter a user name, see Password only filled after entering user name.
- If Firefox 3 does not automatically enter previously saved passwords when logging into websites and new passwords can't be saved, this can be caused by a bug in Firefox 3.0.2 that affects users with password data (login, password, or domain) containing non-ASCII characters. [1] [2] If updating to Firefox 3.0.3 (or later) does not resolve the issue, see this forum topic for a solution.
Password Manager settings
You must have the "Remember passwords" feature enabled for the browser to remember them. In Firefox 2.0 and above, make sure Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> "Remember passwords for sites" is checked.
Additionally, you may have once told the browser to never save the passwords for the site. In Firefox 2.0 and above, check the list under Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> Exceptions.
Passwords cleared with Clear Private Data
Firefox's Clear Private Data feature may be set to clear your passwords when you close Firefox. Make sure that Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox" is unchecked, or that under Settings, "Saved Passwords" is not checked.
Sites prohibit password saving
Some websites, for example Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and some banks, specify that your username and password should not be saved. You can override this behavior.
Using a bookmarklet
- Bookmark the "remember passwords" link on this page.
- Go to the log in page of the site you want to save your details.
- Enter your login and password, but do not submit.
- Open the bookmark you just made. (Nothing will appear to happen).
- Submit.
On subsequent visits, your user name and password should be filled in.
Note: The "remember passwords" bookmarklet linked above may not work on all sites. Here are some alternate versions that you can try. Create a new bookmark and paste the code given below in the location field of that bookmark. [3]
- This is a variation of the original bookmarklet from www.squarefree.com with formatted output:
javascript:(function(){var ca,cea,cs,df,dfe,i,j,x,y;function n(i,what){return i+" "+what+((i==1)?"":"s")}ca=cea=cs=0;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i<df.length;++i){x=df[i];dfe=x.elements;if(x.onsubmit){x.onsubmit="";++cs;}if(x.attributes["autocomplete"]){x.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++ca;}for(j=0;j<dfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes["autocomplete"]){y.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++cea;}}}alert("Removed autocomplete=off from:\n"+n(ca,"form")+"\n"+n(cea,"form element")+"\n\nRemoved onsubmit from:\n"+n(cs,"form")+"\n\nAfter you type your password and submit the form, the browser will offer to remember your password.")})();
- This version works with frames, but doesn't give feedback, so you do not have to close the pop-up alert:
javascript:(function(){function R(w){try{var a,df,dfe,i,j,x,y,r=1;df=w.document.forms;for(i=0;x=df[i];++i){dfe=x.elements;if(a=x.onsubmit){a=""}if(a=x.attributes["autocomplete"]){a.value="on"}for(j=0;y=dfe[j];++j){if(a=y.attributes["autocomplete"]){a.value="on"}}}}catch(E){r=0}return r}R(self);var i,x;for(i=0;x=frames[i];++i)R(x)})();
- This version gives feedback if you run it a second time:
javascript:(function(){var c=0;function R(w){try{var a,df,dfe,i,j,x,y,r=1;df=w.document.forms;for(i=0;x=df[i];++i){dfe=x.elements;if(a=x.onsubmit){a=""}if(a=x.attributes["autocomplete"]){if(a.value=="on"){c++}a.value="on"}for(j=0;y=dfe[j];++j){if(a=y.attributes["autocomplete"]){if(a.value=="on"){c++}a.value="on"}}}}catch(E){r=0}return r}R(self);var i,x;for(i=0;x=frames[i];++i)R(x);if(c){alert("Found: "+c)}})();
Using an extension
- Always remember password 0.6 extension.
- Greasemonkey extension with related scripts:
Problem sites
Even after use of "remember_password" bookmarklet, and even deleting cookies for a site or other means above, you may still experience some difficulties with some sites.
- GMail/Google where after double-clicking on the userid and selecting your userid, it does not fill in the password. Choose to try another id, this time when you choose your id, it should fill in the password as well. You can only be logged into one Google account at a time. Google cookies are unique to each userid and to not signed in (no userid) within your profile.
- Yahoo remembers your password for two weeks so you think everything is fine then it fails. You may have to delete the cookies for Yahoo, use the remember bookmarklet and wait two weeks to see if you were really successful or not.
- Bank sites, financial sites, and other sites that have your social security number and financial transactions, and can transfer money do attempt to protect your password from being saved, you should not try to bypass such features that are designed to protect you and other customers. There are passwords you should just remember and not store them anywhere in, on or near your computer.