mess-mate wrote:
Florian Kulzer wrote:On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 20:17:38 +0200, mess-mate wrote:Hi, i've changed from etch to lenny, so iceweasel become version 3.01. I'd like import my passwords from iceweasel/etch to iceweasel/lenny. Can't find a way to do it and copy .mozilla/etch to ./mozilla/lenny isn't a solution. A new .mozilla dir ha sto be created to that version as it must do. Any help would be very appreciated.The passwords seem to be stored in ~/.mozilla/firefox/XXXXXXXX.default/signons2.txt for iceweasel 2.*, and in signons3.txt in the same directory for iceweasel 3.*. ("XXXXXXXX" is a random string that is different for each profile as a security measure.) I use a master password, so the sensitive data in these files is encrypted; I would assume - but I don't know for sure - that the same filenames are used if you opt for unencrypted storage. When I upgraded to the new iceweasel version my old stored passwords were taken over; as far as I can tell signons2.txt was simply copied to signons3.txt. New website credentials have been added to signons3.txt ever since, while the old file has remained unchanged. The format of the two files appears to be identical. Based on these observations I would guess that it might be possible to copy signons2.txt to signons3.txt manually if the automatic upgrade process fails. If you already have an existing signons3.txt in your profile directory then you should definitely make a backup copy first, so that the file can be restored if the experiment goes wrong.Thanks for the reply, Indeed, signons2 are copied to signons3 but it seems not entirely .. some pwd's are not there. I do not use a masterpassword and the sensitive data is encrypted in signonsx. At the other hand, when i try to login to a well known site, the username and password are not filled-in automatically. That's a cookies problem i think. Following the mozilla recommandations didn't solve it: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile#Copying_files_between_profile_folders I've installed the 'password exporter' and here no way to select an exporting file format, so there is nothing exported at all. That for iceweasel 2.0.0.16 . best regards
Hi, I've solved the problem.. Going from iceweasel/etch to iceweasel/Lenny ! This is what i did: in iceweasel2 : (etch) - deleted every *3.* from my account. Then: -installed firefox-3.0.1 (tar.gz) in /opt -decompressed in the same dir - downloaded gtk120 from the gtk site -decompressed in /opt - and compiled. Back to /opt/firefox3 : - make a little sh as follows: #!/bin/sh export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/gtk210/lib" # the new gtk2 dir for firefox /opt/Firefox3/firefox/firefox # and start firefox Now start firefox3. ( always in etch)- firefox3 did the necessary updates ( add-ons, create firefox3 files, etc..)
- check if all goes well and there we go for a transfer to Lenny. Go to Lenny: - install iceweasel ( = firefox3.0.1) - a xxxx.default user is created (yours)- mount your etch/home and copy your xxxx.default (yours) to Lenny: .mozilla/firefox/
- rename previously Lenny/yyyy.default to yyyy.default-org for security - now rename your xxxx.default (these from etch) to yyyy.default - yyyy. must be the firefox3 created user-name. That's all :)All should be there to login everywhere with your login-name and password, cookies, etc..
Hope it help somebody. best regards