Libraries needed to create databases and a client to manipulate data are part of the package. Slackware 13.1 comes equipped with package sqlite-3.6.23.1-1. A certain experience with the SQL language comes in handy too. To study file signons.sqlite format a SQL client is needed a client able to decipher files with extension *.sqlite. Password management in Seamonkey 2.0.x is attained through the file couple signons.sqlite and ke圓.db. File signons.sqlite is used to store passwords and replaces the old *.s extension one. Old text files were replaced by cookies.sqlite, downloads.sqlite, formhistory.sqlite, permissions.sqlite, places.sqlite, signons.sqlite and urlbarhistory.sqlite. Sqlite is a library implementing a SQL relational database engine without the need for a server. Sqlite was introduced to store in an homogeneous way all information. Password coding and information retention for cookies, page history, download history and much more were fully rewritten in Seamonkey version 2.0.x. The next line marks the start for a new password record, coded as the previous one. The following line dot marks the end for web site authentication data. MDIEEPgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEwFAYIKoZIhvcNAwcEC. *sUserPassword - It's the password form field. MEIEEPgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEwFAYIKoZIhvcNAwcEC. SUserEmail - It's the user name form field. It's the web address for the authentication requiring site. The lines that follow contain information related to the authentication form for the web page. Line starts a password record related to web site. The first 4 file lines, the ones between code #2c and the first dot line consist of a list of sites for which a password shall never be saved. MDoEEPgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEwFAYIKoZIhvcNAwcEC.Ī line consisting of a single dot is a field or record terminator. Let's study part of file 52829682.s to understand how information are organized.īash-4.1$ cd /home/twinstar/.mozilla/default/xt5ed1fd.slt home/twinstar/.mozilla/default/xt5ed1fd.slt/ke圓.db Both files are located in the user profile directory.įor me the authentication data files were: If using a Masterkey, a master password, the password itself and identifiers for the passwords list are stored in file ke圓.db. Password related information are stored in files with the *.s extension in Seamonkey 1.0.8. What the documentation lacked I made up running tests. Some useful insight on the Seamonkey 1.0.x encryption subject was provided by the following links. The first step consisted in studying the way passwords are stored by both version 1.0.x and 2.0.x of Seamonkey. I tried to follow the forum suggested workaround, removed the 2.0.4 version, reinstalled the 1.1.8 one and rerun the upgrade, but the password import did not work so I gave up automated tools and resolved to do it myself. The issue seemed to be a closed one, but the same symptoms were later reported by users on forums dedicated to the stable versions: Some "googling" returned several comments related to the 2.0 alpha versions of Seamonkey on the Bugzilla mailing list:. I was not the first and probably won't be the last to face the migration issue. What follows is the procedure I used to migrate Seamonkey 1.1.8 stored passwords to a fresh 2.0.4 install. Reconfiguring dozens of passwords was not an option so I managed to manually import passwords. An error message was prompted at each subsequent Seamonkey start up: some inconsistencies with the cryptographic subsystem prevented it from loading and as a consequence authentication was disabled. Upon upgrade completion I found out an issue concerning saved passwords: the migration procedure did not import data from the old user profile to the new one. I recently upgraded Seamonkey from the old 1.1.8 version to the new 2.0.4 one while performing a Slackware version upgrade from 13.0 to 13.1. Recurring to a single password instead of dozens means a great saving of time not to mention a radical decrease in errors and mistakes. I often need to access multiple authentication requiring sites to work and password management becomes a tiresome activity as the web site number increases. One really useful feature of Seamonkey, the Mozilla foundation web suite consisting of an integrated browser, e-mail client, Html editor and chat program, consists of saving user passwords for web sites and performing authentication by means of but one single Master Password. Seamonkey 1.1.x to 2.0.x password migration 1 Seamonkey 1.1.x to 2.0.x password migration.
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