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Not sure if this is possible -- I have a username and password combo which is valid for all sub-domains of a given domain, that is: domain1.example.com, domain2.example.com, domain3.example.com, etc. Is there any way I can tell Firefox that the saved password for one of these subdomains is valid for all of them? RIght now I have been retyping it for each one, and saving them individually. But the list of these subdomains will be constantly growing...

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  • See "Default username and password for *.example.com" at http://superuser.com/questions/49543/default-username-and-password-for-example-com – Arjan Nov 12 '09 at 19:41

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I filed a bug for this on Firefox. Surprised it wasn't filed already: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589628

mlissner
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  • Incredible, I still cannot use it nearly five years later. Due to Opera (which has a decent password manager) giving up on Presto, I decided finally to switch to Firefox and get to see plenty of shortcomings already in the first few hours. The new Opera versions would be even worse, though. – 0xC0000022L Apr 15 '15 at 11:37
  • Opera is using Chromium as Chrome does and both cannot remember passwords on subdomain. Pretty eftup, if you ask me, as a lot of sites running their password protected client support on subdomain. – Jeffz Mar 07 '19 at 18:54
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    **NEWS!** This is slated t be fixed in FF 71. Check the bug for details. – mlissner Dec 27 '19 at 18:22
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You can do this using firefox addon called LastPass. This addon recognizes that subdomains and prompts you to use previously saved password.

LastPass is also a third party service which stores your password in 128bit encrypted cloud server. Your passwords never leave your system. Passwords are encrypted on system and then sent server.

hope this helps.

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  • Good suggestion. I was hoping for a built in way but it looks like there's not. I suppose this would eliminate Firefox's annoying habit of asking me for my master password 10,000 times. Thanks! – Josh Nov 13 '09 at 13:10
  • "LastPass is also a third party service which stores your password in 128bit encrypted cloud server" - then the next sentence: "Your passwords never leave your system. " These can't both be right. Also: a 128 bit encryption is not necessarily very strong either. Thanks, I'd rather store them locally. – Steve Horvath Apr 03 '19 at 22:36