With patience akin to a cat's, JOLAN1, on 5/13/2010 7:44 AM typed:
Aloha!
There is something very wrong with SeaMonkey 2.04, or my installation
is somehow badly screwed up! Initially, it asked for our Master
Password at logon, which I disabled in about:config.
Just to clarify, the pref of which you're speaking is "signon.startup.prompt"
and is set to "false"--correct? This setting prevents SM from requesting
the master password at startup (or logon). Works as expected with my
setup of SM 2.0.4.
But... subsequently, it asks for the Master Password when: downloading e-
mail, accessing any one of our credit accounts, accessing banking
accounts, making auto payments, paying for our internet service, on
and on, even wants a Master Password to get on MozzilaZine !!! Real
bother and we're using Master Password so often...might as well not
have one.
First, given that you're using SM in a business situation, you *definitely*
need a master password if you're having SM store passwords to websites and
accounts--*something* must be in place to encrypt stored passwords. I'd
strongly recommend you make an MP a necessary security tool. If you are
*not* using SM to store passwords, then an MP probably isn't necessary,
since there is nothing there for it to encrypt or protect.
Second, please check your master password settings in SM, under the following
menu steps: Edit | Preferences | Privacy & Security | Master Passwords.
What is the setting for the Master Password Timeout section? The second
option ("Every time it is needed") may be ticked, given the program behavior
you've described. I'd recommend the first option ("The first time it is
needed"), and that *should* cause SM to behave accordingly.
Please report back to the newsgroup with these settings so I or others
can assist you further.
This past week, we had to hire a temporary book keeper because ours
was out sick. The first day we had to be out of the office; came back
to find one very frustrated woman! She couldn't access anything she
need to on the internet because she didn't have the Master Password.
Cost me $$ for the day -- upsetting, to say the least.
An unfortunate situation, but if it had been my business, I would have
planned for the temp by making the MP available to her at the time she was
working, and then changed it after her span of work was complete. Yes,
all other employees would have had to been informed about the MP change
afterword, but the small amount of time required to do this outweighs, IMO,
the very real security risks otherwise.
All our accounts are user name/password protected. Adding the Master
Password is overkill, useless and absurd.
Again, ONLY if SeaMonkey is NOT being used to store passwords. If it is,
a master password is a MUST, especially in a business.
I've told everyone to uninstall 2.04 and put 1.18 back on until we can get
some fix for this.
Unwise: 1.1.18 is now months behind on security fixes and will become
a detriment regarding web access in the near future. A fix should be doable
without putting your business in an insecure state, browser-wise.
[small snip]
Another issue I've been seeing recently is that 2.04 starts slowing
down the longer I've been on the Internet, to the point that it can't
connect to web sites, like Yahoo News, for example. Tried shutting
down and restarting, same issue.
Meanwhile, 1.1.18 works like a charm...all the time.
I'm using SM 2.0.4 on WinXP SP3 on a self-built AMD dual core PC, and I
haven't experienced this behavior at all. More information is needed to
troubleshoot this situation:
What OS are you using?
Is this happening on only one workstation?
What extensions have you installed?
Have you tried a new, clean profile (no extensions) to test?
What other programs are being run at the same time as SM?
With a little more info, hopefully the community can come together and help
SM 2.0.4 work well for you and your business.
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