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I (have to) use Netbeans for my work. The code is checked out from SVN and Netbeans offered to remember the username and password.
However, Netbeans ALWAYS asks for the master password when I open it. It is so annoying because this is my machine and I know what I am doing.
I work under Ubuntu 11.10 x64, and Netbeans 7.01. I tried to google the answer, and I have tried the solutions on http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqMasterPasswordDialog and it didn't work.
Can anyone help?
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There is nothing wrong with finding the right balance between security and convenience for you - if you are annoyed by needing to put in your master password too much, and don't mind if Firefox can use your saved passwords without it, then a master password is not for you.
What you can do is ensure that it will only ask you for the master password once per browser session, which is controlled by the config setting security.ask_for_password as mentioned elsewhere (set it to 0).
There is no way around this, because the stored passwords are actually encrypted using a key derived from the master password. So it is not possible to have a master password, but set Firefox only to ask for it if you want to "view" the stored passwords. It will still need to ask for it when you want to "use" them, too.
The Master Password cannot be removed, but you can reduce the number of times you're requested to enter it. By selecting the “Do not ask for Master Password” option, the only time you'll need to enter your Master Password is if you manually log out or if you've checked the automatic logout option under the security settings.
You can edit your netbeans.conf file by adding the following option:
-J-Dnetbeans.keyring.no.master=true
The netbeans.conf file is located in the "netbeans-install-dir"/etc directory
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When you're modifying your netbeans.conf, make sure that you actually add this line inside the quotes of the *netbeans_default_options=*, this foxed me for half an hour.
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