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To create a saved password entry, I enter the exact URL for the website I will log into but it gets truncated on Save

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wonderinggal
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I tried to create a saved password for a site I need to log in to. The Create New Login form says "Make sure this matches the exact address of the website where you log in." I enter the exact address, username, and password and save it. But what shows after it is saved is a truncated form of the address. It lopped off the specific account ID information for my login page. So when I try to go to that site, my login page can't be found. Why can't the full address be saved?

I tried to create a saved password for a site I need to log in to. The Create New Login form says "Make sure this matches the exact address of the website where you log in." I enter the exact address, username, and password and save it. But what shows after it is saved is a truncated form of the address. It lopped off the specific account ID information for my login page. So when I try to go to that site, my login page can't be found. Why can't the full address be saved?

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cor-el
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Firefox only uses the origin (protocol and hostname) and not the full path to save a login, so you can't have multiple logins with the same username and a different password for individual paths on a specific domain.