[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

Fri Oct 5 04:55:42 UTC 2018
Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>

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 gmail.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.
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