On Friday 10 May 2019 03:45:49 am Curt wrote: > On 2019-05-09, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 09 May 2019 12:51:24 pm Curt wrote: > >> On 2019-05-09, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > >> > Greetings all; > >> > > >> > I have a need to transfer all the prefs -"saved logins" from a > >> > wheezy install to a stretch install, separate drives. And > >> > obviously the stretch firefox is about 20 versions newer. What > >> > file do I copy from the wheezy drive to the stretch drive so my > >> > bank knows its me? > >> > >> I believe you need the following *two* files: > >> > >> key4.db > >> logins.json > >> > >> > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Couldn't find it, so I ran updateb with the old drive mounted. > > The info was gleefully plagiarized and happily lifted (which means the > same thing, I think) from here: > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-use >r-data > > A post concerning the eternal old to new version conundrum: > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1210910 > > > If you have new passwords in your profile, this will not work. > > In the new profile, remove the password files; > key3.db [v58+] key4.db and logins.json : These are the Password > files. > > Now Copy those same files from the old profile. > This must be done with Firefox Closed. > > > key4.db shows up in several places, but it looks like the one I > > might want is one of these two: > > > > this one as its the biggest by quite a bit > > /home/gene/.mozilla/firefox/73t2g4uq.default/key4.db except its on > > this drive? But copying it over from the old drive didn't seem to do > > a thing, and neither did copying logins.json. Firefox has changed a > > lot since wheezy. > > > > So I guess I'll have to shutdown, swap cables to make sdb into sda , > > boot wheezy and see if I can con it into printing all that stuff, I > > need my bookmarks-toolbar to make it complete too. Sigh. Tomorrows > > project, its about time to go scare a couple pork chops to death > > with a hot skillet. > > > > Thanks. > > Maybe this python script could be of help eventually, if all else > fails: > > https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt > > Of course, you must provide your master password (if you have > one) and the *profile* from which to decrypt the logins. > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Again, printed for guidance when I get more pressing household stuff taken care of. Thank you Curt. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
