Trouble with passwords

Question

Hi all,
every time I start an application like Mail or Safari which wants to fill in passwords I am asked to type my user password, but I am already logged on.
This is getting on my nerves and I don´t know how to stop this. HELP!

Answer 1

This is a security feature. But you can - if you choose - disable it.
if you want to allow an application, such as Mail, to access your keychain without asking you, you can select this option in Keychain Access.
To set up automatic keychain access for an application:
Open Keychain Access, located in Applications/Utilities.
Click Show Keychains if the Keychains list is not open, then select a keychain.
Select Application in the Passwords category. (Click the disclosure triangle if Application doesn't appear.)
Double-click the password in the Keychain window, then click Access Control.
To allow access to this password by any application, select "Allow all applications to access this item."
To control access to this password, select "Confirm before allowing access."
To require the keychain password instead of the application password, select "Ask for Keychain password."
To add individual applications that can access this password, click Add and navigate to the application you want to add.
IMPORTANT: If you select "Allow all applications to access this item" for an item in your keychain, you make it easy for a computer virus or other software to read the password.
Click Save.
I got this from Mac Help (click on help in the Finder and search using 'keychain'