Can't log in to new account

I know I've got to be doing something stupid...
I'm trying to create a new account on my mac, just a visitor account friends can use. I go to the appropriate panel and create a name and password, "visitor" in this case. Yet when I go to login, the login window shakes me off (bad password) whenever I enter the password. I know I'm typing the correct password - no caps locked or anything like that. I am baffled. Am I missing something fundamental about creating a new account?
Thanks in advance,
Kay

I have two disks on my system with the same version and updates to the OS on each. I can add users when I use the "other" disk as the startup, but not when I use the one I normally run from (so much for my idea of the last security update having a bearing on the problem).
I also have a problem that is related to another topic on this list: password for keychain. My keychain and login passwords were different, so tonight I decided to reset the keychain password to match my login password -- a very bad choice. I then could not access my keychain with any password I've ever used since 1983. So I'm beginning to suspect that I have a problem with the routine that decrypts and compares passwords. Anyone have a suggestion, I hope?

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