Need to set new keychain access password

Hello,
I bought a used desktop awhile back and I am trying to get safari to remember passwords
and it always asks me for my keychain access password. Trouble is I don't know what the
fellow set it as and when I set up my system administrator password it wound up being
different from the keychain access password and I don't know how to change it. I'm not
being offered the 'Change Settings For Keychain System' in the edit menu (don't know why)
so I'm at a loss for what to do.
Thanks
Ted

If you have the Mac OS X install/restore discs that came with the computer originally, I would use them to do a complete Erase and Install from scratch; that way you can get rid of any remnants of the former owners' account settings and passwords and have it all be your own.
Mulder

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This is what you tried?
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
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I have a new server 2012 network with a server built specifically for remote access
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Hi David,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Initially to remote access the application through RD Web we need to use https://servername/rdweb. Also please check the following setting.
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When you created your collection bring up its properties and make sure the URL is specified in RD Gateway settings too. This generates the correct settings in the RDP files.
In addition, please checkthis article for information. Also please see whether you
have configured RD RAP and RD CAP properly and try to uncheck the option “Bypass RD Gateway for local address” under deployment properties and verify the result.
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Thanks.
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Hi guys,
Safari is saving passwords both on my iphone and my mac – this iCloud Keychain does work. Cool.
Then design of the website is changing and whatnot and Safari stops entering password for me.
I go to the Keychain Access and trying to see the password.
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Hey there keloin,
It sounds like you are wanting to see what Safari passwords your iCloud Keychain. You should be able to do this in the Safari preferences:
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From: iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Keychain
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4644
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How to set a MS Access password (jni?)

Hi there,
i searched the forum and i found some posts about this topic, but no real solution.
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Ms Access isn't really a "grown up" database.
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/21138326#21138326
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7296
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Should the passwords in 'System keychain' (in Keychain Access) normally be accessible to the owner/administrator?

Should the passwords in 'System keychain' (in Keychain Access) normally be accessible to the owner/administrator or not?
If not, would it be possible to gain access via the Root Account?
I can access the passwords in 'Login keychain' (in Keychain Access). But when I try to access the passwords in 'System keychain' I'm asked for the Keychain Access password! I've never set such a password. I've only ever used one password - my owner/administrator password. But this isn't accepted when I try to access the passwords in 'System keychain'.
Please note, this question was previously posted in the OSX Tiger forum but no-one offered an answer
Thanks,
iHope

Seems this is a characteristic of the system keychain.
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A new window opened with "Attributes" at the top and we clicked on the "Show Password" box at the bottom.
A window then opened for his Keychain Password. It was different from mine. Mine simply has a Sancel and an OK button at the bottom.
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It said the wrong password had been entered. We tried again several times using each of the Allow buttons but were refused each time.
As the computer has never had a login password what should we do?
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Thanks Matt.
I can't try it now but I suspect it will work.
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Four years ago when I too had no password, simply leaving a password request box empty and clicking OK worked.
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Thank you for your immediate reply.
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