Require password 4 accounts in iChat 4.0.9?

Would love to know if I can require a password when switching to my AIM account while in iChat 4.0.9. I have looked all through AIM online as well as iChat and can't seem to figure it out.
Thanks!!!!
Brian
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Hi,
I should have perhaps pointed out that you need to remove the Password in Chat as well in the one account that you want the Password to be asked for.
Your Specs say 10.5.8 so you should have iChat 4.0.8 (Or 4.0.9 if you have done some of the Security Updates).
You have posted in iChat 2 and Earlier and the process would be slightly different there due to the way iChat swaps Accounts. (you could only have one Buddy List active at once).
In iChat 4.x you can have several Accounts Listed in iChat menu > Preferences > Accounts and some can have Passwords Set and other not.
Another thing you can do is set the Access tab in the Keychain info panel to not allow iChat to use it. This may cause you more problems accessing it yourself though but may be useful if your children have their Own Mac User Account and you could set it in their Keychain.
The Keychain holds each set of User Name and Password separately so you should be able to set th Password info differently so that the @mac.com account/screen Name logs in and the AIM one asks.
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