Why doesn't Firefox on Ubuntu fill in passwords on forms?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Mar 6 18:05:00 UTC 2009


David Karr wrote:
> When I've used Firefox on Windows, when I go to a page that corresponding to
> an entry in my passwords list, I believe it filled in the login name &
> passwords fields with the data stored in my passwords list.  I've noticed
> recently after using Ubuntu regularly for a couple of months that Firefox
> never does this anymore (I don't have an easily available WIndows box right
> now to validate the previous behavior).  Is this expected behavior?

No.  Try creating a new Firefox profile, and see if that makes a difference.

Matt Flaschen




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