319568 - Multiple (at least 2) "enter master password" dialogoue boxes open when accessing a page for which 2 different username and password combinations are stored

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 260296

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Andrew Bell]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

My home page (https://www.ease.ed.ac.uk) is a page for which I have passwords stored.  I accidentally asked Firefox to remember more than one username and password combination (I typoed).  Afterwards, on opening Firefox, I would be prompted multiple times for the Master Password.  Only one correct entry of the Master Password was actually required to unlock my saved passwords, but all dialogoue boxes had to be cleared (either with correct entry or by clicking cancel) before I could progress.

I have since cleared the errornious password from my saved passwords, and the problem no longer occurs.  It is, however, reproducable.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set htpps://www.ease.ed.ac.uk as homepage (may work with other sites, but I'm not sure)
2.  Set Firefox to remember passwords and set a master password
3.  Enter a username and password combo on site and instruct Firefox to remember them
4.  Enter a different username and the same password (may work with different password, haven't tried) on the original site and instruct Firefox to remember them
5.  Restart Firefox.  Enter one of the two usernames and press tab.  You will now be asked for the master password repeatedly.

Actual Results:  
Two enter master password boxes opened (apparently in succession, but I'm not sure).  I have had, in a previous version of Firefox, upwards for five boxes open.

Expected Results:  
Would prefer just one box to open, especially as only one correct entry is needed to unlock the passwords and other boxes can be cancelled.

Comment 1

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 260296 ***