Comments on: Backup and Restore Firefox Passwords List

By: humayun

humayun — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:49:20 +0000

its working with
3.5.3

By: humayun

humayun — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:48:19 +0000

wao its great
mind blowing
its working
thanx alot dear

By: clydesdale

clydesdale — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:31:57 +0000

Doesn’t work on FF 3 or higher

By: Davis Tan

Davis Tan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:58:59 +0000

A much easier way is to use XMarks (previously known as FoxMarks).

This will sync and backup both bookmarks and passwords between a few browsers.

By: tjustleft

tjustleft — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:23:15 +0000

The Geek got it right. Thanks for that. On my Ubuntu system I just copied Key3.db and signons3.txt from the old profile I had backed up to my new profile. Worked with no problems.

If you are using Ubuntu you will navigate to your Home folder and check Show Hidden Files in View then look in folder .mozilla

By: dora the explorer

dora the explorer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:01:26 +0000

Hi, just looking for updated info. Should I bother with this addon or will it not work with the most recent firefox? I’m asking here in Feb 2009. Anyone help me?

By: Jo Eskil R�set

Jo Eskil R�set — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:32:57 +0000

I believe that your easy 2-file export/save needs a 3rd file. The Cert8.db needs to go with key3.db and signons2.txt. At least this was how I got my passwords back.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:24:53 +0000

Your Password Exporter was working without any problem till now but with FF20014, this does not work anymore.
Irrespective of output file format (CSV ot XML) – Password Exporter now outputs a file of 0 bytes!
Could you please help?

By: The Geek

The Geek — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:04:36 +0000

I think it’s key3.db and signons2.txt (at least those are the files on my install) The passwords are encrypted in those files.

The reason I used this extension was that I wanted to move my passwords into a different password manager, so I exported them out in CSV format so I could import them, since the extension lets you export in plain text.

Great comment, though… always like it when people leave helpful comments.

By: Ryan Wagner

Ryan Wagner — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:57:47 +0000

There’s also the two files you can copy from your profile. I don’t remember exactly what they were off the top of my head, but I think they are key.db and signons.txt. If you back both of those up you will always be able to restore your passwords.