Firefox is not remembering passwords under OS X Lion

I did a clean install of Lion and then Firefox 5.
Firefox doesn't retain log-in credentials for any sites, despite "remember passwords" being activated and cookies being allowed. I have it set up the same way as my SnowLeopard system, which remembers credentials fine.

Do you mean names and passwords in the Password Manager or do you mean that you are no longer logged on to (remembered by) websites after closing and restarting Firefox?
There is a difference between remembering the name and password in the Password Manager and a "remember me" check box on a web page.
The latter usually involves the creation of a special "remember me" cookie that is stored on your computer and that is send to the server.
If that "remember me" cookie is removed or gets corrupted or is not send to the server then the server won't remember you and you need to sign in once again.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies

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