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| Started by | "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2021-07-19 07:20 +0200 |
| Last post | 2021-08-04 12:30 +0200 |
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Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2021-07-19 07:20 +0200
Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords Douglas McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2021-08-04 02:30 +0200
Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords Keith Bainbridge <ke1thrboz@gmx.com> - 2021-08-04 03:00 +0200
Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-08-04 03:30 +0200
Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2021-08-04 12:30 +0200
| From | "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-07-19 07:20 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Help! Thunderbird lost my passwords |
| Message-ID | <CCtR7-7FC-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 19.07.2021 05:13, wix@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 -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
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| From | Douglas McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> |
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| Date | 2021-08-04 02:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CIcXf-7c8-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #237517 |
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On 7/19/21 1:15 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 19.07.2021 05:13, wix@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
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| From | Keith Bainbridge <ke1thrboz@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2021-08-04 03:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CIdqh-7lt-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #238112 |
On 4/8/21 10:03, Douglas McGarrett wrote: > a Master Password. What is it, and where is it, and should I need it? go: edit|preferences|privacy& Security and on my screen 'Passwords' is close to the bottom before you start scrolling -- All the best Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3216@gmail.com 0447 667 468
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| From | Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2021-08-04 03:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CIdTj-7JL-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #238113 |
All passwords need to be written and secured. First by being part of a book or being in a specific place in a hard copy file. Second, encrypted before written down. For anyone to be able to use any of those passwords even if found they'd have to know the encryption system you used.
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| From | "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2021-08-04 12:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CImjT-4US-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #238112 |
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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, wix@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. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
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