Transferring Firefox cookies

[Sorin Srbu]

On Fri, 2021-06-11 at 10:57 +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a friend who is getting a Tower PC running Ubuntu, from the
> Computer Wombling Project.
> 
> He has various accounts online and can't find the appropriate user name
> and password information.
> 
> One solution is to just stick with the old computer.
> 
> Another solution, which I don't know is possible or not, is to copy
> cookies.sqlite and places.sqlite from the old computer to the newer
> computer.
> 
> Has anyone done this successfully? As you can imagine, I am proceeding
> with caution.

Doesn't Firefox's account sync do all that?

In short, make sure the settings etc are all synced to the cloud from the
old computer, and then just login on the new compter to sync down all the
settings.

Am I missing something here?

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