How do I copy all the website-username-password combinations stored by Firefox (to save as a backup somewhere else)
When I choose (T)ools/(O)ptions/(S)aved Passwords from the menu, I get a list of websites vs. usernames vs. passwords. I want to copy the entire list (in plaintext) to a backup machine. I can't do this because when multiple items are selected in the list, right-clicking brings up only a (C)opy Password option (which is also greyed out when more than 1 is selected). How can I copy everything--website-username-password--to somewhere else?
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Sorry, Firefox doesn't have a feature for doing that.
See this: http://the-edmeister.com/firefox_info/Firefox_Passwords_Info.html
Hi:
The site that the above link leads to doesn't show anything... I guess, in a weird kind of way, that means that it can't be done? It seems like this might be a good idea for the Firefox developers to implement. I'll suggest it, I think.
Thanks for the response.
Paul
Try this, not sure if it will work or not :-P
Open your Profile folder
-> At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox menu, go over to the Help menu (on Windows XP, click on the Help menu) and select Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open.
-> Under the Application Basics section, click on Open Containing Folder. A window with your profile files will open.
-> At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (File menu in Windows XP) and then click Exit.
Passwords
Your passwords are stored in two different files:
-> key3.db - This file stores your key database for your passwords. To transfer saved passwords, you must copy this file along with the following file.
-> signons.sqlite - Saved passwords.
After that see this: How To Open .db and .sqlite Files?
http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/how-to-open-db-files.html
Check and tell if its working.
This was a great idea! The signons.sqlite file is the sqlite database and can be read with the sqlite browser in the link you supplied. The website list is there just fine, in cleartext, but the username and password are encrypted (the appear as a long string of ASCII characters). I couldn't figure out how to use the keys3.db file (which is a binary file) in concert with the signons.sqlite to decode the username/passwords.
Does anyone have any more info on how to do this? Just getting a list of the websites is great, though!
Paul
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Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!
It turns out that there's an add-0n that exactly matched what I was looking for: Password Exporter 1.2.1. It dumps the URLs, usernames and passwords into an xml file that can be imported from another machine, or simply moved somewhere as a backup.
Thanks to everyone!