Forgotten masterpassword

There is not password hint and i forgor it even though i was warned.
Not asking on how to crack it....just to delete it so i can start over
because i am not able to delete it unless i know the master password..

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Us wrote:

> There is not password hint and i forgor it even though i was warned.
> Not asking on how to crack it....just to delete it so i can start over
> because i am not able to delete it unless i know the master password..
>

Um, in Mozilla (suite)? In Firefox? In Thunderbird?

Doesnt really matter I suppose, I know of no method to recover from a
lost or forgotten master password.

Looks like you are going to have to start all over again with a new
profile. Hey, you were warned <g>

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Moz Champion wrote:
> Us wrote:
>
>> There is not password hint and i forgor it even though i was warned.
>> Not asking on how to crack it....just to delete it so i can start over
>> because i am not able to delete it unless i know the master password..
>>
>
> Um, in Mozilla (suite)? In Firefox? In Thunderbird?
>
> Doesnt really matter I suppose, I know of no method to recover from a
> lost or forgotten master password.
>
> Looks like you are going to have to start all over again with a new
> profile. Hey, you were warned <g>
>

Thunderbird does have a Reset button for master Password. Note that
using it causes the loss of all stored passwords, but it beats migrating
to a new profile. Mozilla also has the same feature.

That leads me to think there must be a way to do it in about:config, but
I don't know what it is.

Before looking further, we need an answer to the question of which app
we are talking about.

Lee

[sunilvarma143]

But you can reset your master password......carefull!!!!!!!!!!! u will loose you saved passwords

type in location: "chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul" and press RESET. Your Master PAssword will be reset

-sunil varma

Originally Posted by Leonidas Jones

Moz Champion wrote:
> Us wrote:
>
>> There is not password hint and i forgor it even though i was warned.
>> Not asking on how to crack it....just to delete it so i can start over
>> because i am not able to delete it unless i know the master password..
>>
>
> Um, in Mozilla (suite)? In Firefox? In Thunderbird?
>
> Doesnt really matter I suppose, I know of no method to recover from a
> lost or forgotten master password.
>
> Looks like you are going to have to start all over again with a new
> profile. Hey, you were warned <g>
>

Thunderbird does have a Reset button for master Password. Note that
using it causes the loss of all stored passwords, but it beats migrating
to a new profile. Mozilla also has the same feature.

That leads me to think there must be a way to do it in about:config, but
I don't know what it is.

Before looking further, we need an answer to the question of which app
we are talking about.

Lee

[chance2002iu]

depending on your system, what sunil said might work. the best bet is to execute thunderbird from the command line.

if you're in windows:
1) find the path to your thunderbird.exe file by right clicking on your shortcut and clicking on properties. it should look something like "C:\Program Files\...\thunderbird.exe"

2) if the quotes aren't there, you'll want to add them for this next part. you'll want to select run from the windows menu and type/paste in your path with the quotes surrounding it.

3) after that, you add the following at the end (within the quotes)
-chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul

which should give you something like "C:\path to thunderbird\thunderbird.ext -chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul"

4) run that and you should reset the master password.

<hr />

for fledgling unix users (such as myself):
1) do a which to confirm that you can run thunderbird from commandline
should look like:

your prompt% which mozilla-thunderbird
/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird

2) after that, execute the binary with the same flag as windows
-chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul

<hr />
for mac users:
1) um...yeah. I'll have to do testing on how to run thunderbird from the command line. I tried it on my mac but haven't found a way yet.

[chance2002iu]

for windows and *nix users

you can definately reset the password by adding the following switch in the command line:

-chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul

windows users, use run to execute it.
looks something like (with the quotes):

"C:\path to thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul"

*nix users (while in terminal):
mozilla-thunderbird -chrome chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul

[zedthebed]

One way of removing the master password that seemed to work is to remove the key3.db file from the profile:

C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<blurb>.default/key3.db

I was then asked for a new master password, and everything seems to work ok.

As to the possibility of breaking anything else, I couldn't possibly comment. It would almost certainly remove any stored passwords.

Note: The thunderbird -chrome .... option mentioned earlier didn't work for me. Maybe this thread is out of date.