Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:02:35 -0500
From: Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>
Subject: [PLUG] firefox passwords
moving stuff to a new computer. know where firefox stores my bookmarks. no
clue where it stores the passwords. mozilla web site isn't talking. does
anyone know?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signons2.txt
signons2.txt stores saved user names and passwords. It also stores a
list of sites for which passwords are never saved. The
Options/Preferences dialog contains a UI to view and remove the
passwords. This file is encrypted to help prevent others with access to
your computer from seeing your passwords.
Due to a fix for bug 360493, signons.txt was replaced by signons2.txt
starting in Firefox 1.5.0.10 and Firefox 2.0.0.2.
[...]
In general I agree with Alex's advice to just copy everything under
~/.mozilla, except you probably want to go clear your cache first. (I
can guess why they put the cache under ~/, but I don't like all that
cruft in there...)
Later,
JP
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Microsoft has single-handedly nullified Moore's Law.
Innate design flaws of Windows make a personal firewall, anti-virus
and anti-malware software mandatory. The resulting software arms race
has effectively flattened Moore's Law on hardware running Windows.
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