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Re: Firefox "bugfix" wiped out saved passwords - downgrade
From:
Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:28:07 -0700
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On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 1:15 PM Orion Poplawski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I suspect this is an unexpected interaction between Mozilla assuming that NSS
> would have updated user db files to the newer sqlite format and RHEL's NSS
> library which is still configured to use the old format.  Some more details
> are still being worked out in bug reports:
>
>  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bugzilla.redhat.com_show-5Fbug.cgi-3Fid-3D1633932&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=Ohd3LJTuLnfcQyaRa-48fG2Vlowxl2Dn9QM1IZf9M_E&s=JWnnHe-sXVSb3Ead62rCI-yJ8gdEgZUUMPId-Vu4MYE&e=
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bugzilla.mozilla.org_show-5Fbug.cgi-3Fid-3D1475775&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=Ohd3LJTuLnfcQyaRa-48fG2Vlowxl2Dn9QM1IZf9M_E&s=FUTiBdD6gXzRMSFV97smCEcndT_7RrbTefwOVHK7sk0&e=
>
> Looks like restoring key3.db is all that is needed.  Another fun fact is that
> the first time you run 60.2.1 it's okay, but the second time will fail because
> it has removed key3.db.

Hopefully the next update to firefox fixes the issue. In the meantime
you could install, if you so wish, a temporary version of firefox that
addresses the problem built by CentOS:

lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2018-October/170317.html

Akemi

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