Keychain directory disappears

I've recently begun to have keychain issues. When I open Keychain Access, the only items in the keychain list are System and System Roots. When I do verification in Keychain First Aid, I get the following message:
Verification started
Checking keychain configuration for mylogin (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/mylogin
Checked login keychain
Error: login keychain not found
Unable to get info for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, reason: The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory
Checked default keychain
Problems were found; you should choose the Repair option to fix them
Verification failed
Then when I do repair, I get this:
Repair started
Checking keychain configuration for mylogin (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/mylogin
Checked login keychain
Error: login keychain not found
Created a new empty “login” keychain.
Checked default keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Problems successfully repaired
Repair completed
I'm then able to add a password to my keychain, but within a few minutes, my entire ~/Library/Keychains/ directory disappears. I'm at a complete loss as to how to fix this, and extensive Google searching has yielded no similar cases. Any suggestions?

Hi,
I've been experiencing exactly the same problem for almost 2 months now. Have you figured how to solve it yet? It's really hassle to keep on entering your password everytime. Basically defeats the purpose of having a keychain.
Thanks in advance

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Tough one here I think...
My login.keychain keeps disappearing. Has done about 6 times in the last two days. It takes all my passwords and preferences with it. Every time I repair or replace the keychain it acts fine for a while. The I launch an application that looks up a password and it happens again.
I need help for my sanity. %P
Jazqas

Hi, Jazqas.
1. Do you mean the file is actually gone, or is it that apps keep requesting access to the keychain?
2. Files that go missing unexpectedly can indicate a corrupted disk directory. As a general checkup, I suggest you run the procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
3. Have you been using the Reset Safari function of Safari? Do not use "Reset Safari" unless you are prepared to lose all Internet passwords saved in your keychain.
"Reset Safari" is primarily intended for clearing personal information that may have been saved while using a public Internet terminal running Safari. While it can be used as a Safari troubleshooting action of last resort, it was not designed with that intent and one should backup their keychain first. See the AppleCare Knowledge Base document “Safari 2.0 Help: Resetting Safari.” Unfortunately, Reset Safari cannot be undone.
Good luck!
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I think this is the right place to post this, but if it isn't, please let me know.
About half of the items I had in my Keychain have disappeared, they were there a few days ago, and today they're gone - has anyone else had this problem?
Yesterday I cleaned out Safari cache and deleted cookies - it's the only thing different I can think of that I did - but doing this shouldn't affect Keychain, right?
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> You mean pictures are in the catalog but their folders are NOT?
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OK, I spoke too soon. It's ALMOST fixed, but there's still one niggling litte problem.
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I enter it and that's the end of the problem until the next time I start up the computer. This is a huge improvement to what it was previously doing, but I'd like to fix that, too.
I am wondering if it's related to a problem with the configuration of my login keychains.
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"Fred Shimaya" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
This posting is duplicated in weblogic.developer.interest.management
Has anyone seen this problem (and know if this is a known bug)? This
is easily
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in them.
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