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website is asking for user name and password. which is fine, except firefox is saving it to some less specific site than address i want. can i edit this

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I am running FF4. In preferences/security, you can click on saved passwords. I see a list but cannot edit it.

It is the fault maybe of the website but basically a subdirectory of a site has one username/password, and another subdirectory has another. I need to use both subdirectories. however, FF4 asks if i want to save the password for the root site. so i keep getting the wrong username/password shortcut when i go to one of the subdirectories, and have to manually type in.

I noticed you can backup passwords in a file. I am wondering if you can direct me to the config? file where I could go in and manually change the URI of each username/password to the correct one with the subdirectory detail. I am running Mac OSX 10.6.7. mucho thanks, liz

I am running FF4. In preferences/security, you can click on saved passwords. I see a list but cannot edit it. It is the fault maybe of the website but basically a subdirectory of a site has one username/password, and another subdirectory has another. I need to use both subdirectories. however, FF4 asks if i want to save the password for the root site. so i keep getting the wrong username/password shortcut when i go to one of the subdirectories, and have to manually type in. I noticed you can backup passwords in a file. I am wondering if you can direct me to the config? file where I could go in and manually change the URI of each username/password to the correct one with the subdirectory detail. I am running Mac OSX 10.6.7. mucho thanks, liz

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cor-el
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You can't differentiate between subdirectories in Firefox, so even if you would edit the URL then it wouldn't work and you might corrupt the file by doing that.

elgee
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I think i can maybe edit the url in my bookmarks to include the username and password. if this is so then next time some one asks answer them this.