On 04.08.2021 05:03, Douglas McGarrett wrote:
On 7/19/21 1:15 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 19.07.2021 05:13, w...@mgssub.com wrote:
I installed tbird 78.12.0 (64-bit)
and it can't find my email passwords. I have browsed signons.sqlite
and the passwords seem to be there in the middle of the db. I have
tried to install a prior version of tbird but dpkg has thwarted
those efforts so far! Any other ideas suggestions would be appreciated!
Many TIA!
Dennis
If you didn't setup "Master Password" in ThunderBird, you can try
"Mail PassView" utility from NirSoft. [1]
It works with WINE.
If password database files were not corrupted somehow, it will show
stored accounts and passwords from TB profile.
[1] https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html
I recently downloaded and installed T/B after having lost the use of
it a couple of months ago when it refused
to recognize my password or any new one. Now it is working, and I hope
it continues. At any rate, I did not see
anything about a Master Password. What is it, and where is it, and
should I need it?
--doug
I've never had any issues with T/B, but I've seen complains from other
people multiple times about password-related problems.
Which could be explained by not so smooth automatic migration from old
password storage database format to a new one.
I usually delay updates installation for T/B and other business-critical
software by a few weeks or so, and that could be the reason I've avoided
said issues so far.
Passwords and account information in T/B (and other Mozilla software?)
are stored in an reversible-encrypted state by default.
So, for an example, if T/B profile and password DB files were stolen by
malware they could be decrypted effortlessly using forensic utilities,
like "Mail PassView".
A "Master password" feature protects password DB files by adding
additional layer of encryption, which could be decrypted only if you use
a master password.
So, in the same scenario I've described above, even if badguys will
steal a profile files with password DB files, they won't be able to
decrypt them easily without master password and will have to use
time-consuming "bruteforce" techniques to get it.
The only inconvenience of master password feature, once you enable it,
you will have to enter it each time you launch a T/B session and every
time you will want to see saved passwords in plain text.
The ordinary EMail functions, like sending and receiving, won't be
affected by it.
--
With kindest regards, Alexander.
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