[CentOS] Frefox update from firefox-60.2.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 to 60.2.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64 lost master password

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

On 10/03/2018 11:34 AM, Rob Kampen wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Did an update to firefox last night and rebooted over night.
> 
> Today I find firefox started without asking for master password - funny 
> me thinks.
> 
> Try to log in to a web service I use and find that my password does not 
> appear.
> 
> Check preferences and find that no master password is set and the 
> password list / table is empty.
> 
> As I do not trust my passwords to the cloud I do not save these to my 
> firefox profile ..... so back to manual entry for all my sites.... wow 
> going to be a slow month as I reset scores of passwords.
> 
> Any one else have this problem and any clues as to what causes this? I 
> am concerned if this should happen again, as I have saved passwords for 
> many scores of web services.

Hi,

haven't had that, but restoring logins.json and key3.db in 
~/.mozilla/firefox/.../ from your latest backup should do the trick.