Password Storage / Keychain...

I recently upgraded to a new hard drive and then upgraded to leopard.
In the process I lost some of my stored network passwords. How do I retrieve these files from the old hard drive?
Specifically. When I travel home, my family has a diff network password (which was stored on my older drive but is no longer stored. Much help appreciated, thanks!

Every time I start mail now I'm getting the password dialog at startup. If I enter the password and hit enter; it works. If I check the box to have it stored in my keychain, it fails.
Here is the console output from that event:
7/7/10 9:16:17 AM Mail[65181] Adding a Keychain item returned: -25299
7/7/10 9:16:22 AM Mail[65181] Finding the password for [redacted] from the Keychain returned: -2147415734

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How to change password and keychain?

I want to change one user's password (with the GUI):
<pre> System Preferences...
Accounts
choose the right one
Reset Password...</pre>
And I see a warning window telling me:
<pre>Resetting the account password does not reset
the user's keychain password.
To reset the keychain password, use Keychain Access, located
in the Utilities folder.</pre>
This let me discover 2 problems:
- How may I change the user's password and the user's
keychain password... together?
I want to keep them to the same string and the same
managment policy (frequency of change).
- I've tried with one account the method suggested (use
Keychain Access). Unfortunately I don't see how I may
change the keychain password, because every time I try
to change it, it does first ask me to type it:
<pre>Current Password:</pre>.
How should one change a keychain password without the
previous one (when the original password can't be used)?
MacOS X version : 10.4.7
Keychain Access : 3.3
dan

Try going to the users home folder --> library --> preferences and delete the "com.apple.keychainaccess.plist" preference file.
Also under users home folder --> library -->Keychains delete the "login.keychain" file

Remember passwords in keychain

I have Apple's Mail program check my .mac mail, gmail, and sbc global mail, and everytime it asks me for a password for gmail and sbc mail. Every time I also check the "remember password in keychain" and it doesn't remember...It worked with I had my G3 iBook, but not with the G4 Mac Mini...is there something I'm doing wrong?

Nope. 10.4.5 has NOT taken care of it. In fact, it has become so frequent for me that I actually gave up and did a complete, clean system reinstall, created a new user account, and started over. And guess what? After about 3 hours of working correctly, this problem raised its ugly head again! Why can't Apple fix this after so many have had a problem with it? We have to use keychain -- we really have no choice. An on top of it all, keychain repair utility just keeps telling me "Keychain search list not properly configured." It doesn't repair it (although it says the repairs are complete). It just tells me there is a problem.
Bah! I'm going to have to switch to using web mail until this problem is solved, which really ***** for more reasons than I care to go into. I just can't keep dropping everything I do every 1/2 hour to enter the password. God forbid I'm actually typing a message, I end up typing a few words in the password dialog that comes up instead of in my message. Really, really bad problem, Apple, and no help in sight from what I can tell.
G5 Dual 2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Can't find a suggested password (iCloud Keychain)

I logged in to a website with username and password. Website recommended me to change a password. Keychain offered a suggested password so I clicked on it. Unfortunately, now I can't find this suggested password. In Safari - Preferences - Passwords is only earlier password, which doesn' t work.

I'm going to add a reply to this because I came across a similar issue using Safari - which does actually use "keychain" (firefox keeps its own passwords). There seems to be something technically wrong in the interaction with the amtrak.com site, and I have to think if firefox user have similar issue as safari, it's with the site and not the browsers. When I find the the record based on inspecting the password it's filed under the username that is provided to login and the location "where" is just "http://" - this seems wrong to me. So if you are looking for your amtrak.com password in your safari saved passwords / keychain look for the username and location http://.

Retrieving network password in Keychain Access?

I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and moved.
I used to have the password for the new network stored on my Keychain Access. Now, however, when I try to log on, I'm asked for the password.
I went to look for the password in Keychain Access, and there is a password listed, but it's a long string of lower case letters and numbers -- it looks like some sort of code, rather than the original password.
Is there any way I can translate that long string into the real password? Or any way I can restore the old password?
Thanks for any help.

Susan, you will probably by now have done what you said you were to do and set the airport from scratch. Nevertheless there is no harm in setting up the router his sister left. No need to worry about the keychain for this. Clear, that is "reset' to factory defaults as I believe Direwolf was saying. Then start again. Reset by using the button on the back of the router. You then use the default password and admin username (probably on the soleplate of the router). Download user manual from web if need be.
When I look in keychain for wireless passwords, I see plain text, but I use plain text WPA2 passwords, poetry in lower case no spaces no punctuation and 62 characters long. His sister may have set a hexadecimal password. Someone I know keeps changing her ISP (in Spain). I keep re setting the collection of routers she gets from the ISPs with the same settings so she has four 'plug and play' routers in case one fails.

Asking for password for keychain access, but won't accept my password... What's up with this?

Restarted my MacBook just now and it's got a continuous stream of pop ups asking for password for keychain access, won't accept my password, won't go away (cancel), any suggestions.

Hello Al323,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with Keychain Access on your Mac. I found a couple of articles I suggest for the issue you described.
Your keychain uses your the same password as your login password. If it is not accepting that password, I recommend running the Keychain First Aid using the steps in this article:
Mac OS X 10.6: Solving problems with keychains
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7296
If you are still repeatedly seeing a prompt to enter your Keychain Access password, you may need to reset your keychain. This will create a new keychain so any saved passwords on the old keychain will not be available, and you will need to enter them when accessing sites for the first time again. Follow the steps in the article below to create a new keychain:
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Trouble with login password in Keychain Access

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, my "Login Password" seems to have changed. Not my account password, thankfully, but the Keychain Access Login Password that enables me to access my Login Keychain. I certainly did not change it, but the password I used in 10.5.8 doesn't work anymore. This has actually happened on two different machines
I tried the 'First Aid' function in Keychain Access and got this error message:
Checked password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
*Password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain is not the same as login password*, so keychain can't be unlocked automatically
Login password could not be synchronized with keychain ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-128)
Unable to read settings for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Okay, so how can the Password for the Login Keychain be different from the, uh, Login Password?!?!
Is there any way to reset a Login Password, or do I just have to start a new one from scratch (really don't want to have to do that)?

the password for any keychain can be set to anything you want. by default the password for you login keychain is set to be the same as you account password but that's done just for your convenience so that it can be unlocked automatically when you log in. those passwords are completely independent otherwise. changing one has no effect on the other. that said, unless you changed the account password or the keychain password yourself what you are seeing should not be happening.
did you change your account password? if not your keychain could be corrupt.
in Keychain Access is your login keychain locked? if it is select it and click on the lock above. if the keychain works ok it should ask you for the keychain password to unlock it. does it work?

How to store and access passwords on Keychain?

I would like to know how to securely store and access passwords on Keychain?

This article should answer your questions regarding setting up and using iCloud Keychain: http://9to5mac.com/2013/10/26/how-to-setup-and-use-icloud-keychain-for-mavericks -and-ios-7/

Why can't I see my passwords in keychain?

Cannot see my passwords in keychain even after setting up again.

It's a UI regresion is it not?
Changing standard behaviour like this, then assuming it's all ok seems quite strange, considering it's a years old feature that every probably uses as a management window...
Some people think that a missing downloads window is a bug even.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15977732#15977732

Delete passwords from keychain access

How to delete passwords from Keychain Access?

In Keychain Access a password is an element in a key, for example an internet site that you log into will be contained in a file in Keychain Access. They are shown one per line.
Inside that key will be the url location, username , password.
You can highlight the relevant key / file and control click on it and delete it.
Just a cautionary note, if you no longer use it, it does no harrm to just stay there.

How do you recover passwords from keychain ?

My password file was compromised. How do I recover my passwords from Keychain ?

Launch the Keychain Access application. Double-click a password item in your keychain. Check the box labeled Show password. Enter your login password (or keychain password, if different) when prompted.

My computer continually asks me to enter my password for Keychain access. This problem is continuos and I am having trouble with eliminating it. I have changed my password through Security and my Accounts numerous times to no avail. Is there anythin

My computer continually asks me to enter my password for Keychain access. This problem is continuos and I am having trouble with eliminating it.
I have changed my password through Security and my Accounts numerous times to no avail.
Is there anything I can do other than Resetting the entire computer and re installing all of the software, apps, etc.etc.

Back up all data before proceeding.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Select the login keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password, unless you've changed it.
Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select
          Change Settings for Keychain "login"
In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked.
From the menu bar, select
          Keychain Access ▹ Preferences... ▹ First Aid
There are four checkboxes in the window that opens. Check all of them. if they're not already checked. Close the window.
Select
          Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.
If you use iCloud Keychain, open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.

Hello. I have an old G4 Tower at 10.4.11. The password for Keychain has been lost. How can I generate a new password for Keychain? Every time I use Safari it want me to enter the password. Any suggestions? Thank you

Hello. I have an old G4 Tower at 10.4.11. The password for Keychain has been lost. How can I generate a new password for Keychain? Every time I use Safari it wants me to enter the keychain password. Any suggestions? Thank you

See if this helps...
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Keychain Menu item, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.
Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544

Yosemite spotlight issue : Couldn't add Spotlight Metadata Privacy password to keychain

Hi,
I get many error messages from spotlight mdwrite of this type : -[MDKeyRing initWithService:label:comment:] (/SourceCache/Spotlight/Spotlight-917.1/xpc-services/mdwrite/MDKeyRing.m:294) failed assertion -- Couldn't add Spotlight Metadata Privacy password to keychain!
For information, I already reindexed everything by running mdutils commands.
I am also experiencing many bugs with Mail searches and saving multiple Mail attachments, and I think this is related since this mdwrite bug always appear in the log with the corresponding actions with Mail (such as save attachments).
Could anyone help?
Best,
Laurent

Hi,
I get many error messages from spotlight mdwrite of this type : -[MDKeyRing initWithService:label:comment:] (/SourceCache/Spotlight/Spotlight-917.1/xpc-services/mdwrite/MDKeyRing.m:294) failed assertion -- Couldn't add Spotlight Metadata Privacy password to keychain!
For information, I already reindexed everything by running mdutils commands.
I am also experiencing many bugs with Mail searches and saving multiple Mail attachments, and I think this is related since this mdwrite bug always appear in the log with the corresponding actions with Mail (such as save attachments).
Could anyone help?
Best,
Laurent

MacLockPick device by Subrosasoft access to your passwords through Keychain

So is this a hole in OSX security if this device can unlock and gain access to all of your passwords including your iPod, email, iChat and root passwords through keychain?
This worries me and I want to know if by locking the keychain it would prevent such a device from being able to gain access to all of my password information? Why you ask? Because some yahoo will eventually get access to this kind of device and reverse engineer it for evil that's why.
This also gives a hint to the hacker community on how they may attack OSX as well. (Good going Subrosasoft)
So is keychain a weak point or if it is locked is all of this mute?

The following is a list of file items that can be extracted using SubRosaSoft’s MacLockPick:
Apple Keychain Passwords
• System - The user password of the logged in user. Often this is shared for root access and FileVault encryption.
• General - Includes (but is not limited to) passwords for encrypted disk images, wifi base stations, iTunes music store, iChat login, Apple Remote Desktop.
• Internet - Includes (but is not limited to) login and password details for web sites, email accounts, some peer to peer networks, online services and stores, auction sites, and .mac accounts.
• AppleShare - A list of login and password details for appleshare servers this mac has connected to.
Files and Folder details
• Folder Dates - A list of all the key user folders along with their creation date, date of last modification, date of first access, and date of the most recent access.
• Disk Images - Paths to the most recent disk images that have been mounted on this mac.
• Preview - Full paths to recent files that have been viewed in the preview program.
• QuickTime - File names for recently viewed movies fro the QuickTime player applications
• Recent Applications, Documents, and Servers - Program names for the most recently used items on this Macintosh computer.
Instant Messaging
• Default Login - for iChat instant messenger system.
• Complete buddy list - including buddies who have since been deleted.
eMail
• Account Details - login names and server addresses used.
• Address Book - Address details for entries in the address book including contacts that have been deleted. This address book is used by most communication programs on the Mac and is used to synchronize with the iPod and other portable devices.
• Opened Attachments - Paths to files that have been received as an attachment then saved or opened including the date and time of opening.
Web History and Preferences
• Search Strings - The most recent items that the user has searched for using the google toolbar in safari.
• Cached Bookmarks - Sites that have been bookmarked in Safari including items that have been deleted.
• Current Bookmarks - Sites that are currently bookmarked in Safari.
• Cookies - A full list of cookies include the server address the cookie value and the date and time of assignment.
• History - Complete details of browsing history including the number of times visited and the date and time of the most recent visit.
Hardware Preferences
• iPod - Serial numbers of any iPod that have been connected to this Mac along with the date and time it was first used.
• Bluetooth Devices - hardware address of any bluetooth devices that have been paired with this mac along with the most recent time these devices have been paired.
• Wifi Connections - Listings for wifi base stations that have been used on this computer including the base address and the date and time of the first connection.
• Network Interfaces - MAC address for each integrated network interface on the suspect's machine.
THIS IS A BIG HOLE IN OSX SECURITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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