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No longer works. False error "Master password incorrect".

Open steveveach opened this issue 4 years ago • 7 comments

Very disappointing that I used this about a year ago to extract my Firefox passwords and it no longer works. Every attempt produces the false error message Error: Master password incorrect.

Since I have only one profile and it finds the profile correctly, it can't be an issue with profiles.

steveveach avatar Jul 02 '20 04:07 steveveach

Just tested on Linux and Windows and it is working with the newest version of Firefox (78), both with and without a master password.

Please add more details about Operating System and instance..

justahuman1 avatar Jul 07 '20 07:07 justahuman1

I just tried it again with the same result. I'm using Windows 10 Pro ver. 1909 build 18363.900 and Firefox 78.0.1 both 64-bit. I have verified that the tool is finding the correct (and only) profile. I'm logged in as a standard user and launching it as a standard user, since I want to export my standard user passwords. I have tried launching the tool as an administrator then pointing it to my standard user Firefox profile and I get the same error. I have tried to leave the master password field blank (even though I do have a master password set) and I get the same error. So nothing that I've tried works and always says the master password is wrong.

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steveveach avatar Jul 07 '20 16:07 steveveach

Just come across Password-Exporter and the same problem with incorrect password.

I found a solution for Firefox 78.0.2 (64 bit):-

  1. Deselect the 'Use Master Password' in Firefox;
  2. Run Password-Exporter;
  3. REINSTATE YOUR MASTER PASSWORD in Firefox.

I hope that this helps others.

NSquirrel avatar Jul 17 '20 21:07 NSquirrel

Thank you. I had completely forgotten that this is what I had to do in the past when this failed.

Please let me assert that this is NOT a solution. It is a work-around. This defect should still be fixed.

steveveach avatar Jul 18 '20 22:07 steveveach

Steveveach: Glad it helps.

BTW: Thank you to the author of the application; it is really useful to be able to keep a list of all the various logins and passwords I use in Firefox.

NSquirrel avatar Jul 19 '20 06:07 NSquirrel

I found that this problem is related to firefox API and not this tool. I have a different tool that behaves exactly the same. It depends where the passwords are stored and how they are / were stored.

suamor avatar Mar 18 '21 11:03 suamor

sounds stupid , because if you remove your master key to be able export passwords you exposing your data to danger of being stole.

paymanz avatar Apr 10 '21 13:04 paymanz