HT203897 Change the password on the Local Items keychain
I just came across this article: HT203897: OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
as I was experiencing the same issue after a reboot of 10.10.2 (fully patched with Sophos AV and all apps patched to current levels). It turns out the the Local Items keychain it too stupid to detect a password change to the Login keychain and causes this issue. What's worse is that I can't update the keychain password to match. I have a lot of password and don't feel like re-entering each one again.
Does anyone know of a way to change a keychain password from Terminal? Thanks
FYI, I stumbled across an article by a colleague, the great MacMule, who discusses this issue and shows how the security command can normally be used to change a keychain password as such
$ security set-keychain-password
But the local items keychain is not a normal keychain as shown here
$ ls -lah ~/Library/Keychains/
drwx------ 15 saxdaddy 414618088 510B Mar 29 22:56 .
drwx------+ 65 saxdaddy 414618088 2.2K Mar 5 14:35 ..
drwx------ 7 saxdaddy 414618088 238B Jan 30 10:14 E1B6F507-1BD9-5DC5-9C53-251D9FE39C81
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 102K Mar 4 15:09 Microsoft_Entity_Certificates
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 27K Jan 21 2014 Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates
-rw-r--r-- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 29K Mar 20 10:39 [email protected]
-rw-r--r--@ 1 saxdaddy 414618088 337K Mar 29 22:39 login.keychain
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 23K Feb 25 02:44 metadata.keychain
[saxdaddy@/MY_MAC:~] $ ls -lah ~/Library/Keychains/E1B6F507-1BD9-5DC5-9C53-251D9FE39C81/
drwx------ 7 saxdaddy 414618088 238B Jan 30 10:14 .
drwx------ 15 saxdaddy 414618088 510B Mar 29 22:56 ..
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 47B Mar 29 22:48 accountStatus.plist
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 124K Oct 18 03:02 keychain-2.db
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 32K Mar 29 23:15 keychain-2.db-shm
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 2.6M Mar 29 22:48 keychain-2.db-wal
-rw------- 1 saxdaddy 414618088 1.4K Dec 29 21:59 user.kb
As you may notice, the Local Items keychain is a directory and not a .keychain file so this utility will not work.
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OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
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What is "local items"keychain and its pasword. how can i reset the password if i forget the password?
I just fixed the same problem. Here's what to do.
Click on the finder, then scroll across to the GO on the top menu bar, but also hold down the option or alt key while you do this.
scroll down the go menu to library and highlight library.
the library folder will open
go to the keychains folder and open it
in the keychains folder, then click and drag the blue folder that has all the letters and numbers for a title like "A2CEEE274-....."
drag this folder to the desktop
now restart your machine
when the machine restarts, you should see the keychains folder still open with a new folder in it that looks just like the one you dragged out onto the desktop
throw the one on the desktop out in the trash
You just reset the keychain folder so the new mavericks update could recognize it correctly, by the way apple customer support mentioned the reason this was happening was due to the update, and this is the standard fix. The apple keychain access pw should be your apple id or logon password.
Good luck!!!
STEVE FARRELL -
After upgrading to OS X Yosemite, I keep getting popups asking for my "Local Items" keychain for cloudd, calendar, messenger and on and on...and then it wants me to change my password, only won't accept it when I do.
There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
Follow the directions in this support article.
Step 2
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Select the iCloud keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain.
Step 3
Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.
Step 4
Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:
☞ Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
☞ Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
You can then close the folder.
Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose
Delete References
when prompted, not Delete References & Files.
Select
File ▹ Add Keychain...
from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file now named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.
Run Keychain First Aid again. Quit Keychain Access. -
Cannot change "Local Items" keychain password, menu is greyed out
I have a Macosx linked to ActiveDirectory. Recently I had to change my AD password, which went fine, apart from the "Local Items" keychain. This keychain kept the old password.
So everytime I login I get a few popups for different applications requesting the password for "Local Items". I have to enter the old password a number of times.
If I go into Keychain Access, I can unlock this keychain. But I can't reset the password because the menu Edition \ Modify the password is greyed out.
Does anybody know how I can change this password?
iCloud is disabled on this iMac, and Repairing the keychain didn't find any problem.This is an easy fix. i called apple and they fixed it. Go to finder, then GO tab and click the option near command on keyboard and a link library will pop up in list and then click library, scroll to find keychain and put it on your desktop and restart computer. You only have to log in one time and then delete keychain off desktop. something happened w maverick and it corrupted the file.
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How can we change the password in the iBook donated to our nonprofit? No password was given with the iBook and every time we try to install items, the password window pops up. We need to put in printer and other software. Help! We can use the laptop without changing the password.
If you did not get an OS X install-restore DVD with the computer you may need
to buy one from somewhere, and you may be lucky to get a retail OS X 10.5.x
version. The original grey-label install set of software and OS X it shipped with
likely would be an older system than Leopard 10.5. Last versions of G4 Mac, &
G5, shipped with a Tiger 10.4 system; so did early Intel-based Mac. Grey discs
which accompanied other computer build models generally do not interchange.
The last OS X version a PowerPC architecture can use, if supported, is 10.5.8.
A PPC processor at 867MHz & faster should be able to run OS X 10.5 Leopard.
{With the correct disc installer, you can use it to change a password and other
things including re-install, and perform disk utility functions, etc.}
There is a chance you may be able to get a white-label Replacement 10.4 DVD
or Replacement 10.5 DVD from AppleCare or the online Apple Store (800myapple)
from a Mac OS X system specialist; these have been available yet hard to get
as not all persons involved with them seem to know if they still exist until someone
is asking. These aren't retail stock, are special discs for computers who could use
a system later than original old discs; these are complete install discs not for one
specific series of Mac. Generally they'd work in supported PowerPC G4/G5; but
do not replace specialized original install DVD, such as an early Intel mac requires.
You'd need to have a serial number of the computer, and a method of payment
when seeking some replacement system media from Applecare or Apple sales
and these discs are not available in a retail store. The original Retail discs are
labeled differently and shipped in a retail box with a big X on the front. Other
sources for retail 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard may be online via amazon sellers
or computer resellers who handle repaired Macs. Avoid mystery grey label ones
that were intended to be sold and kept with their original computer kits.
Good luck! -
Upon startup my iMac (OSX Mavericks) has a popup (that I can't get rid of!) that says: "talagent wants to use the local items keychain." I never set this up, don't want it, and want my iMac to start up with my desktop in place and ready to work. I'd appreciate some help please. How do I get rid of this? Thanks.
LarryI found this and it fixed my issue..
I was suffering with this same problem, I followed these steps and everything returned to normality:
1.- I opened KeyChain app and run the FirstAid (from the KeyChain app Menu)with my user Password (this do work) because the problem is not with your password. If there is any trouble with your keychain file this will fix it.
2.- Opened Disk Aid and run Fix Persmissions just in case there was left some wrong file permissions during the upgrade.
3.- Went back to the Key Chain App and Locked and Unlocked the Keychain using the Lock in the top left corner of the app. When asked for my password I simply typed my User password.
After this everything worked fine. These are the steps that I followed but I really think that #3 did the trick here. You could try to do only #3 directly and it might fix your problem, but fixing the Keychain and fixing OS permissions is never a bad Idea.
Good Luck friends. -
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