{"id":661,"date":"2009-07-02T14:15:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T11:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2009-07-02T14:44:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T11:44:37","slug":"using-firefox-password-exporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/2009\/07\/02\/using-firefox-password-exporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Firefox Password Exporter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am using the Password Exporter addon<\/a> for Firefox<\/a> to sync my passwords between my various Firefox installations (2 OS on the laptop, 2 OS on the desktop and one for portable firefox on a usb stick). I am using it with version 3.0.X and 3.5 just fine.<\/p>\n

I have created a shell script that finds the differences between two exported password files and creates a new xml with the differences of the two so that one can edit it and pick the ones he wants imported.
\nFile: ff-password-sync.sh<\/a>
\nTo use it follow these two steps on each firefox installation:
\nFirefox->Tools->Add-ons->Password Exporter->Preferences->Export Passwords<\/em>
\nThen use the script (you need bash and mktemp):
\n$ .\/ff-password-sync.sh laptop-password-export-2009-07-01 dektop-password-export-2009-07-02<\/code>
\nIf it runs successfully you should have 2 files in your home dir:
\nff-password-sync.diff<\/strong>: Contains the differences of the two files in diff format
\nff-password-sync.xml<\/strong>: Contains the unique username password combinations that are missing
\nEdit ff-password-sync.xml to possibly remove entries you don’t want imported and then go to:
\nFirefox->Tools->Add-ons->Password Exporter->Preferences->Import Passwords<\/em>
\nand load ff-password-sync.xml<\/p>\n

If you engage in this process it’s almost certain that you will hit this bug:
\n“Can’t add a login with both a httpRealm and formSubmitURL.’ when calling method: [nsILoginManager::addLogin]”<\/a><\/p>\n

The fix is provided by a user on his blog: Fix for Firefox\u2019s Password Exporter Add-on <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am using the Password Exporter addon for Firefox to sync my passwords between my various Firefox installations (2 OS on the laptop, 2 OS on the desktop and one for portable firefox on a usb stick). I am using it with version 3.0.X and 3.5 just fine. I have created a shell script that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[150,114,148,149],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","tag-bugfix","tag-firefox","tag-passsword","tag-shell-script"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t