Reset my password login keychain

No matter what I do, it won't accept my standard user login password as my keychain login password. Keeps telling me it's wrong.
I've gone into Keychain First Aid and tried turning on and off the settings and gotten no where.
can someone suggest something for me to try, other than deleting that keychain and starting again?
thank
dc

Dennis:
Check out this article: How to remove and recreate an inaccessible keychain
Good luck.
cornelius

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Hi pjcapri,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that it can be frustrating when you are prompted for the login keychain multiple times. I would suggest resetting the keychain as well. Please follow the steps in the attached article to complete this process.
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
If you don't remember your original (former) account password
If you don't remember your original password, you'll need to delete the keychain. Deleting a keychain also deletes all the password data saved in that keychain.
In Keychain Access, choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu.
If available, click the Reset My Default Keychain button. This will remove the login keychain and create a new one with the password provided.
If Reset My Default Keychain is not available, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu.
Delete the "login" keychain.
The next time you log in to the account, you can save your current password in a keychain.
Have a great day,
Joe

I just upgraded to Lion. I was trying to set up the iCloud and it asked for my "login" keychain password. I've never been asked for that before. I've tried every password I can think of and nothing works. Is there a way to reset the keychain password?

I just upgraded to Lion. I was trying to set up iCloud and it asked for my "login" keychain password. I've never been asked for the keychain password before. I've tried every password I can think of and nothing works. I'm normally asked for the password to my machine when upgrading software, signing on, etc. but this is different apparently. I tried the same password and it didn't work either. I read a couple of posts and they all want to take me through Applications/Utilities but that requires knowing your password in order to change it. I don't know it. Don't remember ever setting up a keychain password. Does anyone know how to change the keychain password if you don't know the keychain password???

Most of the time your Keychain password is the same as your login password. If you configured your computer to log you in automatically, you may not have used your login password in so long you forgot it.
There is no way to retrieve the "login" Keychain password, but you can reset the Keychain from the Preferences menu: select it in the Keychain Access menu and select "Reset My Default Keychain". This will create a new, empty Keychain but the old one will be saved should you ever remember its password.
The result of this is that you will have to supply passwords for everything that requires it, since without your Keychain they will no longer automatically fill themselves. However, once you supply them and store them in your new Keychain, they will be remembered.

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I reset the lost password of a mobile managed user (very managed, this is a 6-year old). On login and starting Safari, he now gets a panel asking for the keychain password (which is the old password, which is lost). I tried removing the mobile account and recreating, but the same thing happens (login.keychain synced from server?).
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If Keychain First Aid doesn't help, try [HT1274|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274]?
Keychain encryption is solid; depending on the sequence which has transpired here, you may end up [resetting the keychain (TS1544)|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544] and starting over again.
Going forward, it might be best to lock this user's password; prevent password changes.

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my used macbook is asking for password to unlock different keychains, how do i reset the password?

Hi nylife02,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
Without knowing the exact keychain alert your are receiving, I will leave articles for the ones that are most likely the culprit. The one it sounds most like to me is “login” keychain. Please review the article below if indeed you are receiving the “login” keychain prompt.
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1631
Another keychain prompt that this may be is the “Local Items” keychain. Please follow the attached article if the prompt is for “Local Items” keychain.
OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362
Have a great day,
Joe

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I tried the 'First Aid' function in Keychain Access and got this error message:
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*Password for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain is not the same as login password*, so keychain can't be unlocked automatically
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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.
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First, make sure caps lock is not on.
Another reason why your password might not be recognized is that the keyboard layout (input source) has been switched without your realizing it. At the login screen, you can cycle through the available layouts by pressing the key combination command-space or command-option-space. See this support article.
If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know the Apple ID password, then maybe the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password.
Otherwise*, start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. In the window that opens, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens. Close the Terminal window to get it out of the way.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
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I forgot the password to my Mac, so I reset my password, and ever since then, there have been popups asking for my "login" keychain password. I enter it every time, but they still pop up. Also, my Mail keeps asking for the password to my email, and iMessage is on, but I can't receive any messages, and the window won't even pop up.
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Why does it keep asking me for the login keychain password?

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Hey there Daniel,
It sounds like you are being prompted over and over for your Login Keychain, and entering it does not seem to make the prompts stop. I would start by running First Aid on the Keychain with this article:
Mac OS X 10.6: Solving problems with keychains
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph7296
To check keychains for problems using Keychain First Aid:
Open Keychain Access, located in the Utilites folder in the Applications folder.
Choose Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid.
Enter your user name and password.
Select Verify and click Start. Any problems found will be displayed.
If there are problems, select Repair, and then click Start.
If that does not resolve the issue, I would next reset your Keychain:
In Keychain Access, choose Preferences from the Keychain Access menu.
If available, click the Reset My Default Keychain button. This will remove the login keychain and create a new one with the password provided.
If Reset My Default Keychain is not available, choose Keychain List from the Edit menu.
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From: OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1631
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Tlix!
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Unfortunately I haven't gotten round to making a TM backup of my device, primarily due to my current lack of an external HDD.
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LOGIN keychain password forgoten

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I bought a mac mini for a in-laws a few months ago and somehow they made their LOGIN KEYCHAIN password different from their admin and system password and then forgot what it was.
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Hi,
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That should reset the keychain password to the same one as their account.
Also, have they tried running Keychain First Aid? It's under the Keychain main menu at the top of the screen.
It also won't seem to let me delete the Login Keychain and start over...
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I've tried that. It brings up a dialogue box that says:
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