Keychain corruption

I was, for a while, an admin for a school and suddenly, Mountain Lion would corrupt the keychain. Needless to say, I had a lot of angry students and staff. I had to trash their entire keychain folder in the user library, forcing them to re-enter all their passwords. Anyone know why this happened?

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After you reset your login password from the the Tiger Install Disc, did you run Keychain First Aid again

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Having just survived the corruption of a keychain, I feel the need to print all the passwords to then store in our safety deposit box.
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<script>
set osXKeychainScriptingPath to ¬
(path to scripting additions from system domain as Unicode text) ¬
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end using terms from
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close access theFile
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Verification started
Checking keychain configuration for XXXXX (user ID=XXX)
Home directory is /Users/XXXXXX
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Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
Keychain search list not properly configured
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/MicrosoftIntermediateCertificates
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Verification failed
Repair started
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Home directory is /Users/XXXXXX
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Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
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Rebuilt keychain search list
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Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains (-25295)
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains (-25295)
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Students must authenticate onto the local wireless network
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Please note that my Jabber account in iChat is exibiting this exact behavior.
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Help!

Post your problem here to get a better assistance:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum
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I've included a pic of the iPhone Configuration Utility showing the Exchange section. I hope this helps someone.

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