On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 21:05 -0800, toracat wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:49:09 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 18:26 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Yuandan Zhang wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have some passwords saved at Firefox. I would like to save a copy as > >> > backup. How to do this? > >> > > >> > I can't find what is the file? > >> > regards > >> > >> cd into ~/.mozilla/firefox. > >> > >> You'll see a directory something like abcdef1234.default. cd into that > >> directory. > >> > >> Saved passwords are in signon.txt, I think. > >> > >> In general, it's a good idea to have a backup of this directory. > > Is there a way to edit it?? Looks like it's been somewhat encrypted. Ric > > > I think that the file containing password info is the one that ends with > .s (like 123456.s). You might also want to save key3.db as well. At some point firefox saw me mistakenly enter wayward4now@gmailcom without the dot. Now, that keeps coming up as a choice between my various email account that start with wayward4now... <chuckles> I got a bunch of 'em. Psssstt.. the gmail account is the real one, the rest are throw downs. Don't tell anybody. :) Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
