Re: Firefox 71.0 and saved logins

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 23:24, Dave Tyson <dtyson%anduin.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
>
> I seem to have found a particularly irritating issue with firefox 71.0 on
> amd64 under NetBSD-current NetBSD-8 (and probably 9 - but not tested)
>
> If you go to a website which needs a password FF will dutifully ask if you
> want to save it. If you do then it will fill in the username/password field on
> subsequent occasions correctly.
>
> If you go to preferences -> logins and passwords and ask to see a list of
> saved logins it reports there are none. You cannot add new entries either.
>
> There a message on the console (if you start from a shell):
> Javascript error: resources:///modules/AboutLoginsParent.jsm, line 185 Error:
> AboutLoginsParent: Subscribe message the remote type didn't match
> expectations: null == privelegedabout
>
> which might be significant.
>
> Not sure how to fix this but its a real PITA. Anyone else seeing this?

Did you have to create a new profile when you upgraded?

If not, maybe the password files (key4.db and logins.json) are corrupted.

Refs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dedicated-profiles-firefox-installation#w_what-profile-changes-were-made-in-firefox-67
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data#w_what-information-is-stored-in-my-profile

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Ottavio Caruso