26825 - [Feature]Password for Profiles on Windows platforms

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 16489

(SeaMonkey :: Startup & Profiles, defect, P3)

Description

[jlarsen]

In an early 4.5 beta, netscape added an ability to allow a person to secure
their profiles with a password, this ability was later removed, for reasons I
don't understand. Anyways, having the ability to password ones profile,
expecially on windows machines where there is almost no local security model,
would be of great benifit.

Comment 1

[don]

dp, is this something the wallet code can solve?  Re-assign back to me if not.

Comment 2

[Suresh Duddi (gone)]

Over to profile manager. You should be able to work with single singon and have
this functionality. I think you know better if we need to do this or not.

Comment 3

[selmer (gone)]

This issue comes up from time to time.  No current plans.

Comment 4

[Henrik Gemal]

Lets focus on what's important for the browser...
Adding password protection in 4.5 beta was a stupid move, and it also got 
removed quite fast.
This bug should be made invalid or moved to future, agree?

More useful would be the remote profiles stuff.

Comment 5

[jlarsen]

moved to future maybe, invalid no. Currently its marked M20, which is future 
right now. When M20 hits, then the profile manager guys can decide on this.

Comment 6

[Henrik Gemal]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16489 ***

Comment 7

[Grace Bush]

ok