Bill Perkins wrote: > Looks like the format has changed, but the hash used may be combined > with that funky xxxxxxxx.default directory everything lands in, which is > combined with profiles.ini... what a mess! I suppose there are good > reasons to be doing things this way... maybe if I take the old > profiles.ini, and the old .default directory name, and plunk them into > .mozilla/firefox/, I can get everything back. Apparently, when I fired > up firefox 1.5.0.1, _something_ got changed in the profile directory > which causes a panic in firefox 1.0.7 > The first time you ran 1.5.0.1, it probably upgraded the file to the new format. When you go back to 1.0.7 it has a problem with the new format. This is just a guess, but it is fairly normal procedure when upgrading. That is why it is usually a good idea to back things up before doing an upgrade. As for not being able to just grab the old password file, and plunk it into a new directory, and have it work, I consider that a good thing. You should have to restore the entire configuration. It makes it harder for someone to grab my password file and use it. (Having a master password set is also a good idea...) This is especially true because the password file is not a one-way hash, so you can get the original password out of it. (Necessary because of the way the passwords are used - you have to send the original password, not a hash of it.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
