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Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by tenseys » 2018-08-19, 15:53

Hi. I forget how to do this. I want to copy just the passwords from one PM 28 and move them to another PM 28 that is on another laptop - not the whole profile. Can i just copy key3.db and logins.json from one pm and paste it to the profile of the other pm replacing the ones it has? Thanks.
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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by therube » 2018-08-19, 16:11

Sounds like a plan.
Backup first.

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by tenseys » 2018-08-19, 16:18

Okay thanks.

I thought this was the way but when I did a quick search it brought up a related Moonchild tutorial that mentions saving passwords but refers to a signons.sqlite instead of logins.json. I don't see this signons.sqlite anywhere in profile. I guess this is outdated info and needs to be updated:

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by therube » 2018-08-19, 17:06

Yes, over time the particular files used have changed.

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by illiad » 2018-08-19, 17:20

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by tenseys » 2018-08-19, 17:25

illiad wrote:There is a far more efficient way!! :)

https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/password-backup-tool/

That's cool too, thank you. I'm going to mark this as solved but I think I'll PM MC about outdated info.

Thank guys.
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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by Goodydino » 2018-08-19, 20:59

To copy the passwords, you need key3.db for the encryption keys and logins.json for the actual passwords.

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by endemion » 2018-08-19, 22:58

The backup add-on FEBE also offers the option to restore elements instead of the whole profile including passwords (and usernames) only. Always nice to have FEBE handy using Pale Moon.

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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by illiad » 2018-08-20, 09:06

copying files from the palemoon folder may seem to be easy, (note even FEBE basically does this..)

* * B U T !! palemoon changes, and you may find things DO NOT WORK!! :o :? :problem: (this happened to me, lucky I had backed up the *whole* PM folder before updating :ugeek: )
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Re: Easiest way to copy passwords only

Unread post by tenseys » 2018-08-20, 10:19

illiad wrote:copying files from the palemoon folder may seem to be easy, (note even FEBE basically does this..)

* * B U T !! palemoon changes, and you may find things DO NOT WORK!! :o :? :problem: (this happened to me, lucky I had backed up the *whole* PM folder before updating :ugeek: )

I copied and pasted key3.db and logins. json over to the profile of the other PM 28 browser and it worked fine. Took less than 2 minutes.

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