Does thurderbird use a default keyring password? A user is reporting being prompted for a password, but has not needed to enter one before.
Any insight is appreciated.
Default Keyring Password
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DanRaisch
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Re: Default Keyring Password
Thunderbird requires only the password needed to respond to the server. The user may have set Thunderbird to save that password and many now need to delete the entry from Thunderbird's settings and manually reenter the password. Go to Edit->Preferences->SECURITY-> PASSWORDS tab> SAVED PASSWORDS button and there you can delete old passwords. Restart Thunderbird to ensure that the stored password is cleared from memory. The next time you "Get Mail" Thunderbird will ask for the password and you can check the box to remember the value.
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sfhowes
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Re: Default Keyring Password
It's also possible the user is being asked for a master password despite having never made one:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_passwo ... etting_one
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_passwo ... etting_one
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tanstaafl
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Re: Default Keyring Password
https://superuser.com/questions/287442/ ... r-windows7
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/922 ... ial-manage
Both Linux and OS X support a key ring to store passwords. It can be used for application passwords and system login. However, AFAIK Thunderbird doesn't support it. Its not clear why as Windows has a similar feature via the Credentials API using a CredRing() call, though its not called a key ring. Perhaps it requires at least Windows 7 so has been ignored.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/922 ... ial-manage
Both Linux and OS X support a key ring to store passwords. It can be used for application passwords and system login. However, AFAIK Thunderbird doesn't support it. Its not clear why as Windows has a similar feature via the Credentials API using a CredRing() call, though its not called a key ring. Perhaps it requires at least Windows 7 so has been ignored.