Re: FF 2.x Where are the passwords stored?

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FF 2.x Where are the passwords stored?
\ Brian Kochera (5 Mar 2008)
. \ Jay Garcia (5 Mar 2008)
. . \ David McRitchie (5 Mar 2008)
. . . \ Jay Garcia (5 Mar 2008)
. . . . \ Brian Kochera (6 Mar 2008)

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Subject:	Re: FF 2.x Where are the passwords stored?
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	Brian Kochera
Date:	6 Mar 2008

Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 04.03.2008 20:12, David McRitchie wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> "Jay Garcia" <Jay> wrote in message news:7fSdnc13hMhxbFDanZ2dnUVZ_uninZ2d...
>>> On 04.03.2008 18:46, Brian Kochera wrote:
>>>
>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>
>>>> Someone may have asked this before. If so, I apologize for bringing it
>>>> up again. In FF 2.x where are the passwords stored? I had to wipe my
>>>> hard drive (long story) but I backed up key files from a previous
>>>> version I had installed. In that version, passwords were in a {some
>>>> number}.s file. I looked in Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox as well as
>>>> ...\Documents and Settings\...\Application
>>>> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{my profile}; I cannot find an ".s" file
>>>> to replace with my previous one.
>>> In your profile directory = signons2.txt
>> also requires key3.db to work
>>
>> Additional information of probable interest
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Migrating_settings_to_a_new_profile
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
>>
>>
>
> He said he copied his entire profile and if that's the case then key3.db
> came along for the ride. :-)
>
Thanks you for your prompt replies. I am not clear what to do. Do I
rename signons2.txt? Then do I copy over {some number}.s and key3.db
from the old backed up profile to the new one? Or, are we talking oil
and water here? Is {sn}.s EQ signons2.txt? Will FF 2.x know what to do
with the .s file?

Brian
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