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One downside that I had hoped containers would fix was multiple accounts on AWS. Because of the way AWS handles the URL's for logging in I get: company1.sig

One downside that I had hoped containers would fix was multiple accounts on AWS. Because of the way AWS handles the URL's for logging in I get: company1.signin.aws.amazon.com company2.signin.aws.amazon.com company3.signin.aws.amazon.com BUT FF only seems to remember the login/password for 1 of these at a time. I had hoped that putting them all in different containers would fix this but it appears that FF only matches based on the base domain name, and not the full sub-domain. If AWS had the domains structured as: AWS.com/company1 AWS.com/company2 AWS.com/company3 It might behave differently.

mech422 5y ago
I use different profiles for that... basically, I have multiple Firefox shortcuts, each using a different profile. You can also use containers with the profile to segregate things even more.
- anonymousab 5y ago
  I wish Firefox had better (chrome-level) support for containers. There's various small QoL things that add up to make them a much more usable feature. At the very least, exposing them via webextension APIs would let developers take care of it themselves.
  - commoner 5y ago
    While Firefox doesn't have WebExtension APIs for browser profiles, the Profile Switcher for Firefox extension uses a separately installed connector binary to add a profile switcher (similar to Chrome's) in Firefox. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28356472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28356472
Link512 5y ago
Have you considered using a password manager? With 1Password I'm able to save all logins for my AWS accounts and then just select the appropriate one when logging in.
- UI_at_80x24 5y ago
  I use pass (password-store). I haven't added any firefox plugin to manage that for me. So I always go back to the terminal for copy/pasting the details.
  - seqizz 5y ago
    I could suggest browserpass. It should be clever enough, at least with search.
- sciurus 5y ago
  Same for me using LastPass.
stonewareslord 5y ago
Sounds like Containerise can do that
warvair 5y ago
I have the same issue, but I don't see the same thing. I have bookmarks set up with URLs like your first set: company1.sigin.aws.amazon.com ... But as soon as I click one, it gets redirected to: signin.aws.amazon.com/oauth?<War and Peace> Which is interpreted as the same URL for all accounts. One solution would be to have FF containers tie into the bookmark editing code so we can set the container by bookmark. That is, when I click a bookmark with a container set, that container should be used to open the site regardless of the URL.

mech422 5y ago

I use different profiles for that... basically, I have multiple Firefox shortcuts, each using a different profile. You can also use containers with the profile to segregate things even more.

anonymousab 5y ago
I wish Firefox had better (chrome-level) support for containers. There's various small QoL things that add up to make them a much more usable feature. At the very least, exposing them via webextension APIs would let developers take care of it themselves.
- commoner 5y ago
  While Firefox doesn't have WebExtension APIs for browser profiles, the Profile Switcher for Firefox extension uses a separately installed connector binary to add a profile switcher (similar to Chrome's) in Firefox. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28356472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28356472

Link512 5y ago

Have you considered using a password manager? With 1Password I'm able to save all logins for my AWS accounts and then just select the appropriate one when logging in.

UI_at_80x24 5y ago
I use pass (password-store). I haven't added any firefox plugin to manage that for me. So I always go back to the terminal for copy/pasting the details.
- seqizz 5y ago
  I could suggest browserpass. It should be clever enough, at least with search.
sciurus 5y ago
Same for me using LastPass.

stonewareslord 5y ago

Sounds like Containerise can do that

warvair 5y ago

I have the same issue, but I don't see the same thing. I have bookmarks set up with URLs like your first set: company1.sigin.aws.amazon.com ... But as soon as I click one, it gets redirected to: signin.aws.amazon.com/oauth?<War and Peace> Which is interpreted as the same URL for all accounts. One solution would be to have FF containers tie into the bookmark editing code so we can set the container by bookmark. That is, when I click a bookmark with a container set, that container should be used to open the site regardless of the URL.