Thunderbird not saving passwords on Ubuntu 18.04
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I have 4 computers with Ubuntu 18.04 and in all 4, Thunderbird stopped saving credentials. Every time I open Thunderbird I have to enter passwords and/or OAuth2 authentication information and even when I do that, the Google account does not work. What can it be? Why is Thunderbird not saving this information in all 4 computers at the same time? I checked folder permissions but everything seems to be OK. The problems started yesterday and I haven't installed any Thunderbird updates.
For other accounts, it just asks for the password every time and apparently works fine until I close and open Thunderbird again.
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I have 4 computers with Ubuntu 18.04 and in all 4, Thunderbird stopped saving credentials. Every time I open Thunderbird I have to enter passwords and/or OAuth2 authentication information and even when I do that, the Google account does not work. What can it be? Why is Thunderbird not saving this information in all 4 computers at the same time? I checked folder permissions but everything seems to be OK. The problems started yesterday and I haven't installed any Thunderbird updates.
For other accounts, it just asks for the password every time and apparently works fine until I close and open Thunderbird again.
18.04 thunderbird
asked Oct 18 at 14:57
eera5607
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I have 4 computers with Ubuntu 18.04 and in all 4, Thunderbird stopped saving credentials. Every time I open Thunderbird I have to enter passwords and/or OAuth2 authentication information and even when I do that, the Google account does not work. What can it be? Why is Thunderbird not saving this information in all 4 computers at the same time? I checked folder permissions but everything seems to be OK. The problems started yesterday and I haven't installed any Thunderbird updates.
For other accounts, it just asks for the password every time and apparently works fine until I close and open Thunderbird again.
18.04 thunderbird
asked Oct 18 at 14:57
eera5607
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I have 4 computers with Ubuntu 18.04 and in all 4, Thunderbird stopped saving credentials. Every time I open Thunderbird I have to enter passwords and/or OAuth2 authentication information and even when I do that, the Google account does not work. What can it be? Why is Thunderbird not saving this information in all 4 computers at the same time? I checked folder permissions but everything seems to be OK. The problems started yesterday and I haven't installed any Thunderbird updates.
For other accounts, it just asks for the password every time and apparently works fine until I close and open Thunderbird again.
18.04 thunderbird
18.04 thunderbird
asked Oct 18 at 14:57
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asked Oct 18 at 14:57
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asked Oct 18 at 14:57
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asked Oct 18 at 14:57
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asked Oct 18 at 14:57
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What worked for was: delete pkcs11.txt in profile
Taken from this: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1239779
Good luck!
answered Nov 22 at 6:48
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Find your profile directory. In default case it name looks like something.default and stored in ~/.thunderbird/. Ok, run ls -lah ~/.thunderbird/ to view directories in ~/.thunderbird/. Then when you found your profile name use:
cd ~/.thunderbird/<replace to your data>.default
and run
sudo rm pkcs11.txt
Restart thunderbird.
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2 Answers
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What worked for was: delete pkcs11.txt in profile
Taken from this: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1239779
Good luck!
answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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What worked for was: delete pkcs11.txt in profile
Taken from this: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1239779
Good luck!
answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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up vote
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What worked for was: delete pkcs11.txt in profile
Taken from this: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1239779
Good luck!
answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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What worked for was: delete pkcs11.txt in profile
Taken from this: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/1239779
Good luck!
answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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answered Nov 22 at 6:48
EmO
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answered Nov 22 at 6:48
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Find your profile directory. In default case it name looks like something.default and stored in ~/.thunderbird/. Ok, run ls -lah ~/.thunderbird/ to view directories in ~/.thunderbird/. Then when you found your profile name use:
cd ~/.thunderbird/<replace to your data>.default
and run
sudo rm pkcs11.txt
Restart thunderbird.
answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
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Find your profile directory. In default case it name looks like something.default and stored in ~/.thunderbird/. Ok, run ls -lah ~/.thunderbird/ to view directories in ~/.thunderbird/. Then when you found your profile name use:
cd ~/.thunderbird/<replace to your data>.default
and run
sudo rm pkcs11.txt
Restart thunderbird.
answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
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up vote
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Find your profile directory. In default case it name looks like something.default and stored in ~/.thunderbird/. Ok, run ls -lah ~/.thunderbird/ to view directories in ~/.thunderbird/. Then when you found your profile name use:
cd ~/.thunderbird/<replace to your data>.default
and run
sudo rm pkcs11.txt
Restart thunderbird.
answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
1,074317
Find your profile directory. In default case it name looks like something.default and stored in ~/.thunderbird/. Ok, run ls -lah ~/.thunderbird/ to view directories in ~/.thunderbird/. Then when you found your profile name use:
cd ~/.thunderbird/<replace to your data>.default
and run
sudo rm pkcs11.txt
Restart thunderbird.
answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
1,074317
answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
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answered Nov 22 at 7:45
S_Flash
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answered Nov 22 at 7:45
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