Keychain Access problem

not sure if this is the right forum for this, please move it if it's not.
I was trying to buy something in the iTunes store, but when I was trying to log in with my account, it said "The requested keychain was invalid", and told me to run Keychain Access/Keychain First Aid.
This is what happens when I do:
Verification started
Checking keychain configuration for John Kim (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/johnkim
Checked login keychain
Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/johnkim's Keychain.keychain
Keychain /System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors appears to be damaged
Problems were found; you should choose the Repair option to fix them
Verification failed
Repair started
Checking keychain configuration for John Kim (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/johnkim
Checked login keychain
Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/johnkim's Keychain.keychain
Keychain /System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors appears to be damaged
Unable to restore /System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors. You will need to manually copy it from another machine, or reinstall the system software.
Warning: some problems were not fixed
Repair failed
I have a friend who has Leopard... Can I just find this file on his computer and copy it over to mine, or how exactly does this work?
Thanks.

Hi and a warm welcome to the forums!
I'm not certain, but a Leopard one will likely work.
If need be I could Archive mine and post a link, but it requires a bit of manipulation.

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