Re: FireFox password management 2

Paul wrote:
> On 1/29/2022 12:31 AM, Robert Baer wrote:
>> Paul wrote:
>>> On 1/19/2022 12:12 AM
>>>
>>>>>    Maybe because Linux is involved?
>>>>>
>>>>>    Thanks.
>>>
>>> The same test results in a Win10 VM.
>>>
>>>     [Picture]  Right-click empty frame and select "Reload picture" to 
>>> see picture
>>>
>>>     https://i.postimg.cc/qRnm0S5m/Win10-FF96-Password-Save-Test.gif
>>>
>>>    Paul
>>    FireFox 96.0 in Win7.1 does not save passwords, and for some sites 
>> does not even save user names.
>>    It also seems that the online "help" avoids that fact.
>>
>>    So, how far back does one need to go (ie: what version) to get a 
>> FireFox that does work properly?
>>
>>     Thanks.
> 
> In your view, how would the OS influence the outcome
> of an event which is private to the software (Firefox) ?
> The passwords don't pass through the OS. The SChannel is
> occasionally used for crypto, but if it were used (which it
> probably isn't), it would only be used for datapath (https
> transmission). The password level is too far removed
> from the OS, for the OS to be the issue. If the passwords
> were "coming from User Accounts", again it would be a different
> matter, but the passwords have nothing to do with User Accounts
> in the OS.
> 
> The only thing I can suggest, is a disagreement about
> the file contents of the Profile folder that Firefox is
> currently using.
> 
> Profiles are "migrated", each time that Firefox is upgraded.
> This includes (very occasionally) adding a new database
> file for things like passwords. Any time the API changes,
> the version number at the end of the filename changes.
> Like "cert8" or similar. The files used consist of a name
> with a number on the end, and the number is a hint as to
> which API level it is at.
> 
> You also claim a level of inconsistency, almost as if the
> password file is corrupted somehow.
> 
> I would create a new profile, and retest.
> 
> Firefox has a Profile Manager. Create a new profile and retest.
> Switch back to your old profile, to access your Bookmarks.
> You can Export Bookmarks and Import them, if you need some
> information preservation.
> 
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles 
> 
> 
>     Paul
   Well, in essence, nothing works.
   Tried it all (restart, refresh, profile).
   Installed FireFox 80. Same problems.

   Now get:
** COPY **
Secure Connection Failed
** END COPY **
   for almost every URL that used to work.
   For one site, i get there and try to login, and get:
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Access Denied

You are unauthorized to access this resource.

Reference ID is: d14b2c2729
** END COPY **

   In fact, a URL that worked an hour ago now gives me the URL message.

   This funnybusiness is a bunch of crap.

   Is my Win7.1 getting corrupted?

    Thanks.
	
   Now