Keychain -- first problem

I restarted my MacBook Air (latest version & 10.9.1) for the first time in a week (had been putting in sleep mode when not using) and am suddenly getting boxes asking for a password so that CalendarAgent, com.apple.internetaccounts.xpc, MenuCalendarClock iCal, Messages Agent, etc. can use the "login" keychain -- or "Local Items." I can't get past these boxes.
Frankly, I don't remember ever setting up a password for Keychain in past years, and I have never been asked for one like this before. Passwords I've tried don't work.
I have a 2 month old clone that I could pull a file from, but I think Mavericks hides this stuff nowadays. I could also just clone it back -- probably the best idea.
Having had many Macs over the years, I have never run into this problem before!!

Well, I moved my SuperDuper clone back to the MacBook Air and all is well. The password that wouldn't work in Keychain was the right password because it works now.
Apparently, somehow Keychain got corrupted, but I have no idea how that happened -- never have seen the problem before and hope I never see it again.

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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.

Keychain First Aid won't run

Hi,
I have a user that I am trying to import the EntrustCA into her x509 Anchors keychain. It won't import, never brings up a login screen to authenticate. Once I click to do this, I then cannot open any keychain to list its contents, and have to force quit Keychain Access.
If I do not click to import anything, Keychain Access lets me view what's inside.
I have tried to run Keychain First Aid, but it quite and won't fix anything.
I have tried deleting all keychains at user level, reboot, let it create a new login keychain, but still does not fix the problem and I still cannot import anything into x509 Anchors.
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In Mac OS X 10.4.10 I already see several Entrust root certificates. Are your sure you need to add another CA? What you need to be importing is the user's own certificate file rather than the Entrust root certificate. Are you able to do this?
After the user's certificate is installed then you can then select it in the user's Entourage account.
Hope this helps!
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I seem to have fixed the problem by creating a new keychain. But for the life of me, I can't figure out why this problem would arise in the first place.
EDIT:
After creating my new keychain and adding new items to it, and then running First Aid to check what would happen (using the Repair instead of Verify), I see that it deleted my login keychain - again. Here's the log:
Repair started
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Checked password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Checked settings for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
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Checked keychain search list
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Repair completed
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Keychain Access problems: error -2147415734

Help!
i am currently unable to open .mac in my system preferences and i get the following message: "There was a problem saving to your keychain. Please try again or use Keychain Access to verify your keychain. Error: -2147415734"
i have gone to keychain access and done keychain first aid and that resulted with no problems but didnt fix the issue. i have also gone into my .mac password in the keychain and it will not allow me to type in a new password. in fact, i cannot even click on the box next to "Show Password" on the bottom. The box momentarily shows a check mark and then it disappears. when i try this for my wife's .mac account that is also in the keychain that works.
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Owner not corrected on ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.plist, reason: No such file or directory"
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A couple of things to try. Move the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.plist to the trash, but don't delete it. Restart and try Keychain First Aid. If it works, quit the app, and empty the trash. If you have a backup of your system, move the ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain to the desktop, copy over the backup, restart, and try it again. Report back.

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Keychain "login" Problems   Can't remember my Keychain password. Admin Password also does not help. Mac Mini(Late 2012) OS 10.10.2

Series of Keychain "Login" Problems.
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I have renamed Login.keychain -> Login-old.keychain.
I renamed Login_renamed.keychain-> Login.Keychain.
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Keychain Acces problem

Hello,
Im trying to see some saved passwords in my Keychain Acces, but instead of plain text passwords, i get somekind of encrypted password. Something like this : AFQZKkqnZms3xBiZSLtn8G2SI0Gf.YPot4yg2ghM1sPYulXA2Sk-
Is there any way to see the real password, instead of this encrypted one?
This is used by an application. The other ones, used for WI-FI are fine, they appear as plain text.
Any help/input on this?
Thank you.
Best Regards

Thanks for the reply Linc Davis,
Already tried Keychain First Aid, but it found nothing wrong.
Any other suggestion?
Whats the meaning of the encrypted password?

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I've never had a problem with Keychain or my internet connection until I purchased a linksys wireless router.
First the passwords that the linksys router provided me didn't work when entered into Airport. However, at times Airport will connect automatically, usually for long periods of time, yet when it does disconnect, it asks me for a password which isn't in Keychain.
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There are no problems with Linksys and Keychain.
It sounds like your Linksys was configured by a previous owner, or your neighbor has broken into it and set a password different from the default, or it is just plain defective.
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