[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

[Tony Molloy]

On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 17:55 +1300, Rob Kampen wrote:
> On 05/10/18 01:27, Tony Molloy wrote:
> > On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 21:27 +1300, Rob Kampen wrote:
> > > On 04/10/18 05:45, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:19 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gma
> > > > il.c
> > > > om> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > It would seem that the problem is with upstream-upstream's
> > > > > (aka
> > > > > Firefox) cleaning up of items that are not supposed to be
> > > > > there
> > > > > after
> > > > > Firefox 58
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475775
> > > > > 
> > > > > It looks like it is deleting files it thinks should have been
> > > > > converted to a newer more secure version.. but don't seem to
> > > > > be
> > > > > for
> > > > > some reason. I am not sure if those files will just removed
> > > > > again
> > > > > every time you restore them.
> > > > 
> > > > That link added to the related RHBZ:
> > > > 
> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1633932
> > > 
> > > Yes, that seems to describe what I am experiencing. As I usually
> > > keep
> > > FF
> > > open for days at a time, it has taken a while to show up. Will
> > > now
> > > try the
> > > 
> > > $ export NSS_DEFAULT_DB_TYPE="sql"
> > > 
> > > > Akemi
> > > > 
> > 
> > Hi Akemi,
> > 
> > That sorted the problem for me, thanks.
> > Now to start re-entering all my previously stored passwords. Lucky
> > I
> > have a list of sites if not the usernames/passwords ;-(
> > 
> > Regards Tony
> 
> works for me too - will just need to make sure this goes somewhere
> safe 
> to ensure survival after a reboot.

Put it in your .bash_profile. Then it will be set in your environment
each time you boot.

Regards, Tony.

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