keychain question

[andiwm2003]

i just logged into my companies wifi with my mac osx 10.4. keychain access asked me if i want a new keychain for the password. i said yes and it created a keychain item in the "system" keychain.

now my login password is not accepted in this keychain to open the item so that i can see the password.

what is the password for the "system" keychain? is there another password (root or so)? all other passwords i can see with my login password. just not the items in "system"

thanks for the help.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Are you an "admin" user?

Because maybe you're talking about editing the X509Anchors file in /System/Library/Keychains.
Some WIFI connections give you a certificate that needs to be downloaded, and added to the X509Anchors keychain for system wide access. You need to be an "admin" user to be able to do that.

 

[andiwm2003]

i'm always admin on my mac. i don't think it's a anchor or something like this. i don't know too much about this stuff. but i log into the network much like i log into my bank account via internet. so i thought i get a normal keychain item. but everything in my system keychain requires a different password than my login. i can open the system keychain with my login password. just not the items in there. and i typed the password for the company network myself.