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Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #662803]

Fri, 01 April 2011 02:50

Eric

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi All,

I needed to migrate from eclipse Helios on a Vista 32bit system to a Helios installation on Windows 7 64bit. So far, I was able to migrate my workspace but unfortunately, the process of copying & replacing the configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.keyring file holding all my passwords doesn't seem to work this time. The passwords are not restored so that I'm asked for all my passwords again.

Is there any hint I need to know or any possibility of migrating my passwords or do I really need to start from scratch again?

Thank you very much in advance!

Cheers,
Eric

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #662994 is a reply to message #662803]

Fri, 01 April 2011 20:31

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 3/31/11 10:50 PM, Eric wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I needed to migrate from eclipse Helios on a Vista 32bit system to a
> Helios installation on Windows 7 64bit. So far, I was able to migrate my
> workspace but unfortunately, the process of copying & replacing the
> configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.keyring file holding all my
> passwords doesn't seem to work this time. The passwords are not restored
> so that I'm asked for all my passwords again.
>
> Is there any hint I need to know or any possibility of migrating my
> passwords or do I really need to start from scratch again?

Did you try exporting/importing your Preferences from/to the old and new
workspaces?

Eric

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #663000 is a reply to message #662994]

Fri, 01 April 2011 21:33

Eric

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi Eric,

thank you for your reply.

Would you mind telling me how to import my old settings?

Thank you very much in advance!

Eric

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #663003 is a reply to message #663000]

Fri, 01 April 2011 22:00

Russell Bateman

Messages: 3798
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 2011.04.01 15:33, Eric wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> thank you for your reply.
>
> Would you mind telling me how to import my old settings?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> Eric

It means from your existing workspace, choose File -> Export -> General
-> Preferences, then do the opposite (File -> Import -> General ->
Preferences) in the new workspace.

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #663052 is a reply to message #663003]

Sat, 02 April 2011 19:27

Eric

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi Russell,

unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work. The passwords are not restored.

Seems like I really need to start from scratch again ...

Eric

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #663390 is a reply to message #662803]

Mon, 04 April 2011 20:10

John Arthorne

Messages: 176
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Passwords are no longer stored in the keyring file. They can now be found under C:\Users\<yourlogin>\.eclipse\org.eclipse.equinox.security\secure_storage.

I haven't tried it, but you should be able to copy that file over to the new machine.

John

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #663396 is a reply to message #663390]

Mon, 04 April 2011 20:31

Eric

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi John,

thank you for the useful information!

Can I find this information anywhere in the documentation for future reference or is this advanced knowledge not needed to be documented?

Thank you in advance!

Eric

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Re: Migrate eclipse's stored passwords [message #1062664 is a reply to message #663396]

Mon, 10 June 2013 09:59

Stefan M

Messages: 5
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

Hi Guys

copying the "secure_storage" file from win7 3.8 to win8 4.2.2 dont work. Is there another way?

Thank you.

ciao, Stefan

edit: i have created a new FTP Connection. As next i have compared the new password with the old one in the secure_storage file. They are different. That's bad, or?

[Updated on: Mon, 10 June 2013 11:00]

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