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Is there a Way to Recover a Password?

Asked by Jonah Bron

I forgot the password to my journal. Is there a to recover my password? It's no a big deal, I just started using it yesterday ;)

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Ahmet Öztürk (dmxe) said : 		#1

There is no way to recover a password. ( At least none that I know of.) If there was, do you think that encryption would be secure enough? I hope you did not lose any precious data.

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Jonah Bron (jonahbron) said : 		#2

I suppose not. Thanks! There's one slight issue. What if I don't want a password? Do I just have to keep putting something random into the password box before I can click the login button? Perhaps I should file a bug report...

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Ahmet Öztürk (dmxe) said : 		#3

What version of Lifeograph are you using?

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Jonah Bron (jonahbron) said : 		#4

Version 0.5.6

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Ahmet Öztürk (dmxe) said : 		#5

I knew it ;)

There is a bug ( http://bugs.launchpad.net/lifeograph/+bug/577848 ) in that version which prevents creation of unencrypted diaries. Please use the latest version (0.6.3).

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Jonah Bron (jonahbron) said : 		#6

Okay, I updated to version 0.6.3. But the same problem is still present. The login button is disabled if the password box is empty. I just have to put something into the password box to enable the login button. It's not that bad, just a slight annoyance. Should I file a bug?

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Best Ahmet Öztürk (dmxe) said : 		#7

I think you are still using the same diary that you have created with 0.5.6. If this is the case and you want to continue with this file you have to fix that file like this:

a- If you want your diary to be actually encrypted, set a real password for it. i.e. after logging in click to "Tools->Change Password..." and add a password.

b- If you don't, after logging in, click to "Tools->Export/Backup Current Diary..." and select "Unencrypted Diary File"as the type in the dialog that will show up. After that use this newly created copy. It should not ask for a password anymore. If it still does, please let me know.

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Jonah Bron (jonahbron) said : 		#8

Thanks dmXE, that solved my question.