Safari keychain

i wanted to disable keychains someone told me to delete files in system/library/keychains.....now gmail.com chase.com no site that requires secure login will open any hints how to restore i tried resintalling safari but not help...... camino works fine

Just a hint, usually removing any file or folder from the System folder is usually not a good idea... You can always go to the Keychain Access Utility in the Applications/Utilities folder and open the Keychain Access and reset it to defaults. At the worst you may need to enter in some passwords again once and then just choose to remember them in the keychain. An Archive and Install would most likely fix the issue. You can find steps for this in the following article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710

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  • Safari Keychain Error

    Periodically I get an error in safari saying that "A keychain cannot be found to store 'Safari.'" Not sure why I am getting it or how I can fix it, any suggestions.

    HI,
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  • Annoying Safari keychain prompt

    Recently, I re-installed OS X on my eMac. Ever since, whenever I use the Safari web browser on certain pages, it pops up a window called Unlock Keychain, which shows: "Please enter your keychain password. Safari wants to use keychain 'unlock'."
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    Open Keychain Access (Applications/Utilities) Select Passwords on the left. Delete your AppleID keychain. Relaunch Safari. Try logging in. If you still can't login to AD, delete the "Safari Forms Autofill" keychain. Relaunch Safari and try logging in again.

  • Safari "keychain" driving me INSANE

    ok heres the deal:
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    Hi Payne, not sure if I can help you with this. Have you tried opening keychain access from the utilities folder? If not do so and open Preferences - First Aid and check 'set login keychain as default'. Your password should be the same as your login password if you need to authorise. I presume you are using Tiger if not you need to post more detail of OS etc.,
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  • My Safari Keychain Problem Solved

    I've been reading lots of posts about problems with the use of keychains from within Safari. I found a solution to my problem that, if it's been reported somewhere else, I have seen it.
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    2.) I found lots of duplicate keys between the login keychain and the username keychain. Why keychain repair didn't repair this, I have no idea. It should. I deleted all the duplicate webform passwords. Repaired keychain and disk permissions, just for the heck of it.
    Logged out, logged back in. Problem solved.
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  • Password autosaved by safari, keychain is not usable for typing in

    I have a 2013 27" iMac, an iPad, and an iPhone 5C, all running the latest systems (10.9.5 and iOS8.0.2). I need to find my actual password, the one I enter, when I use a particular banking site which will not accept a saved password, or even one I could type in on my keyboard like all other sites do, but makes me use their online keypad to enter my password.
    The password I can see saved in Keychain and Safari is not the password I created, but something called a webform password, and it is wrong. Is there a way to retrieve my actual password, that I created and entered the first time I used it, when it worked? I am always having to call this bank and get a new password - and no, they will not let me do it online - because even when I record the latest one and think I am entering it correctly, the system they use still fools me. And now Keychain has let me down!
    How can I retrieve my actual password from Keychain that I can read, and then type into the bank's online keypad?

    I applaud the bank for making a secure login for its customers.  I also understand your frustration with the whole situation.  But, you need to understand one key issue: The bank's own website is bypassing the keyboard on your Mac, so the Mac has no idea what the password is.
    This is not a problem with the Keychain in that Keychain still works correctly.  Keychain, though, has no way to know (nor does OS X by the way) what characters you are "typing" using the on-screen keyboard the bank insists you use.  The typing is simply activating a link on the webpage that tells their server what "key" you pressed.  Keychain does not know what the link means and has no idea that this is a password.
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