Re: iceweasle saving username and password
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com> wrote:
> On 09/08/12 02:05 AM, lina wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My question is that how can I let the iceweasle kept the saved
>> password as un-readable?
>>
>> Right now I felt very bad,
>>
>> I can access some database with my user name and password,
>> (it's a "universal" password and username, which means it's also the
>> one I use for email and many other things, such as wireless access and
>> etc, it set up by administrator).
>>
>> One girl she need access the database, and she asked me for help.
>> basically it's harmless. but I don't want to share my password and I
>> don't know how to refuse.
>>
>> so I input my password and username in her firefox and let it remember.
>>
>> Just now I found that iceweasle can show the password I saved. very
>> bad, hope she didn't realize it and read my password.
>>
>> I don't know how to do in this situations.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Best regards,
>
> You can use a master password in Iceweasel. However, if the person needs
> access to the database using your password, she'll need the master password
> to get it.
>
> Basically, you are doing everything wrong. You shouldn't :
> - use the same password for multiple accounts,
> - share your password with anyone,
> - let others access a service using your account credentials.
Definitely I am wrong here.
>
> If she needs access to the database, she should get her own account, not use
> yours.
She came from another organization.
I just sent her message if she needed something I could download for
her and I suggested her to talk with her boss to get access the
resources she needed.
Thanks with best regards,
>
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