Reset password - now keychain problem

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  1. MarcusH, Oct 15, 2009

    MarcusH macrumors newbie

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    Hi :)

    Gave my old G4 iBook, running Tiger, to a friend. Situation is:

    1) She brings the iBook over, saying she can't install a new driver because it's stopped recognising the password.

    2) I confirmed this, and using the install disk, I successfully re-set the password for that machine's one and only account.

    3) Now she says that the machine asks for her keychain password "every time I try to do anything, in any application" - and she says that neither the current password, nor the old one is accepted.

    I've read similar threads, and I know I have to re-set one or more keychains. Which one(s)? How can I do this? :confused:
     
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  2. iVoid, Oct 15, 2009

    iVoid macrumors 65816

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    Login as the user.
    Open Keychain Access from the Applications/Utility folder
    Select the login keychain
    Under edit menu, select change keychain password for 'login'.

    Enter the old password and new passwords.

    That should do it.
     
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  3. iLog.Genius, Oct 15, 2009

    iLog.Genius macrumors 601

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    You need to reset Keychain Access.

    1. Go open Keychain Access from the Applications/Utilities folder.

    2. Click on Keychain Access>Preferences

    3. Click on the Reset My Keychain in one of the tabs.

    That should put your Keychain into a working state and those prompts that ask you for a password even if one isn't required or if there is no password will stop. If that somehow doesn't work, you will have to delete the .plist

    Go to userfolder/Library/Preferences/ and find/delete com.apple.keychainaccess.plist

    then restart the computer.
     
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  4. MarcusH, Oct 15, 2009

    MarcusH thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks

    Thanks - Appreciated. That's worked.
     
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