Thunderbird - Software Security Device

[Saqman2060]

This software security device is not set to save your password. 

You can set a password for your client email software and it will store it to use everytime you access your email account. 

Try to find out what security software device thunderbird is using and look for its configuration. 

I would try to submit this question to the thunderbird developers to get more information about this setting.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Sajan Parikh" <sajan at parikh.io>
Sent: ‎10/‎26/‎2014 6:34 AM
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Thunderbird - Software Security Device

I realize Thunderbird has their own support, but wasn't subscribed there and didn't want to for a single issue.

I use an S/MIME Digital Certificate to sign, encrypt, and decrypt messages in Thunderbird and have been doing this for a long time.

I go to Preferences -> Advanced -> Certificates, import my certificate then have the account use it.  Has always worked.

I just did a fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.10 and went through the same steps that I always go through, however this time I think somehow Thunderbird, on its own, setup a Software Security Device.

I have no idea how the Security Devices work in Thunderbird, however my certificate seems to be tied to this somehow.

The problem is that now, assuming because of this, every time I launch Thunderbird, it is asking me for the master password for the 'Software Security Device', which I guess I set when I imported my certificate.  Once I enter the password, everything works as expected.  However, it asks me for that password on every launch of Thunderbird.

What did I do wrong and how can I get Thunderbird to stop asking me for this password on every launch?  I'm very close to deleting my Thunderbird profile and starting over.

Thanks.

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Sajan Parikh
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