What is a "login" keychain password

I'm trying to get my wifi to work and it asks for three passwords; I don't know what a "login" keychain password means. Also, it says the wifi network needs a "WPA" password. I don't know what that is either.

Your "login" keychain password is the password you choose when you set up your user account. It is the same as the administrator password for your account.
Your WPA password is the password to access your Wi-Fi network. Not to be confused with the password for your wireless router(this allows you to change the settings) which creates the Wi-Fi network.

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LOGIN keychain password forgoten

Hello_
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.
I tried to reset it by starting up from the OS disc and reseting the admin password but it wouldn't take without knowing the current keychain password. It also won't seem to let me delete the Login Keychain and start over... without it, the machine will not remember any email or web login passwords, so they are always being prompted by the keychain, it bugs them, then they call and bug me... HELP!
Thanks.
Michael
www.michaelditullo.com

Hi,
Have they tried changing their password via System Preferences -> Accounts?
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...
Do you mean that deleting this file has no effect?
/Users/YourUsername/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

Forgot my login keychain password

Hi, i am a new mac user and i have stuffed things up a bit i think, I do not know what my login keychain password is. I changed my admin user name and password, and did not know about the whole key chain thing. Ever since i changed my admin info, it keeps asking me for my keychain. I tried to change my keychain password, but i dont know the original password that i started with so I cant seem to change it with out the original pw, which i have no idea what it is
can anyone help me?
I have tried searching all the different help topics but nothing seems to be working
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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.

Why does it keep asking me for the login keychain password?

I am having a problem where my imac keeps asking me for a "login keychain" password. I type in my password every time, but that doesn't fix my problem. I need to know if this is bad or not, and how i can turn it off.
Thanks!

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.
Delete the "login" keychain.
The next time you log in to the account, you can save your current password in a keychain.
From: 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.
All the very best,
Sterling

"login" Keychain password no longer accepted

Huge trouble with Sync, MobileMe, Address Book and a bunch of other things:
My "login" keychain password is no longer accepted!
How do I reset it?
Please help. Thanks!

I've tried that. It brings up a dialogue box that says:
"Keychain Access wants to use the "login" keychain. Please enter the keychain password."
I enter the password and it rejects it, saying "Sorry, you entered an invalid password. Please try again."
This is the only password I've used on this computer: it appears that at some point, the login password has been reset or become corrupted.
Thanks, though, baltwo. I appreciate the suggestion. Any other ideas?

Reset or recover "login" keychain password?

How do I recover or reset the "login" keychain password. After every restart, I keep getting login dialog boxes requesting password, but no way to get any hints or resets.

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

HT5312 forgot login keychain password

I forgot login keychain password, how can I reset it ?

Open Keychain Access located in HD > Applicatiions > Utilities
From the Keychain Access menu bar top of your screen click Keychain Access > Preferences
Select the General tab then click: Reset My Default Keychain
You may be prompted for your admin password.
Then restart your Mac.
Bookmark this link > Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X in case you need the instructions in the future.

MacBook keeps asking for the 'login' keychain password?

Well I updated my Macbook to Mavericks and after restarting it a couple days later, a window annoyingly keeps popping up asking for the keychain password which I've unfortunately forgotten. I researched a little and someone suggested trying the KeyChain First Aid and if that fails, to delete it but neither work. How can I stop this from constantly popping up on my screen?
Thankyou!!!

Hi RMGA,
If you are repeatedly prompted for your login keychain password, you may find the following article helpful:
Mac OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
Regards,
- Brenden

Unable to type in the "login" keychain password

When I switch on my iMac G5 I am asked for my keychain password: but I can't type in the space provided. I can still use the computer normally, e-mail, internet etc. are all unaffected but the pop-up box asking for the keychain password won't go away, (and won't allow me to type in the password).
The message I get is, "com.apple.internetaccounts.xpc wants to use the "login" keychain"

Only thing that got me around this was a clean install of Mavericks on the new Mac and , when I used migration assistant, avoiding transferring the network settings. It was my mother in law's Mac so I essentially only transferred her documents and mail messages. I then went back later and manually transferred the music and photos. I ' knew' there was some issue with the OS itself because I had tried to clone the old system with Super Duper as an extra back up and even that balked with an error. Shrit Pocket Supprt read the error file and it was they who divined that that my "old" copy of OSX was corrupted. Plus I was umm more familiar with this scenario as this was the second Mac that I was having this issue with. Admittedly both the upgrades in question were from Macs that had been transferred and transferred and transferred etc so I am not surprised that there was something crappy that had got passed through. Bottom line: clean install of Mavericks then manually move over what you need is the cleanest way in this scenario unfortunately. Yes a whole lotta work!

What is a login keychain?

I can't seem to get rid of the box that says, "Safari wants your keychain password". I don't know what password it's asking for! I've tried all the passwords I know, but doesn't seem to work. How do I go about this?

Your Keychain password is the same as your login account's admin password.

"Login keychain" password - invalid password. All messed up thanks.

I think Leopard, or the most recent QT upgrade has really messed with my system:
I restart and using my login password I've used for years:
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"Mail wants to use "login keychain"" - invalid password
"PubSubAgent wants to use "login keychain"" - invalid password- and I can't cancel out of that one.
System preferences wants to use "login keychain"" - invalid password. Then after a minute "keychain error. There was a problem saving to your keychain. Please try again or use keychain access to verify your keychain. Error -128
Go to keychain access- Unlock my user keychain then spinning beach balls. Force quit etc
(Can't login to iDisk iTunes or anything now...)
Really unhappy now.

I also have similar issues. And followed the advise below.
1. Insert the Leopard install disk, restart holding the "C" key down
2. Choose your language so you go to the first page view of install
3. You can reset passwords in the menu above
4. Select root and reset your password to what you like
5. Quit and restart
6. Choose "Other" as a login
7. Choose system preferences
8. Select users that you have registered on the computer
9. Select option that users can be administrators
10. Restart and login as the user of your choice.
I did this and was able to login using the "other" account and changed the sys admin password. Gave my user admin priviledges.
But now, I have a circular problem. I can't remove "invalid certificates" from my keychain access app.
Help!!

What is my login keychain

can i get some help on what to use as my login keychain? Prevous passwords don't work. THanks in advance

Back up all data.
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. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
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
If the box marked Keep login keychain unlocked is not checked, check it.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.

Can't get login keychain password to work

So now all my autofills don't work, it's messing with my email connection, internet connection etc. Is there a way to figure out the password or a way to open this login keychain without the password?
Thanks

Hi your Login Keychain can be configured to remain accessible to you whenever you are logged in to your system. Here is some [info about the Keychain|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh460.html] which you might find helpful.
When you are logged out (or your computer is shut down) your keychain is unaccessible.
The fact that you got in with an old password means that this password is still active for certain tasks in your system.

What is the system keychain password?

Every single time I logon to my PB12, an alert pops up asking me for the system keychain password. I have tried the only password on this system but it tells me that is invalid.
I click cancel and everything works fine. It is 'Airport' that is causing it to ask, becuase until I click cancel airport remains inactive.
Why is it asking for the password?
Why won't it accept the only password I have on this system?
Why does it ask, when clicking cancel makes it work fine anyway?
What a pain in the (bottom) this is.

I have a similar problem myself. I can unlock the "System.keychain" keychain, but if I want to move items around, it asks me for the password again.
When I press the unlock button, it asks for the password for my full user name. And that one works, the keychain unlocks. But an unlocked keychain doesn't really let you do much administration on it. You must enter its password for any administration tasks. And that's when I get stuck: the system doesn't accept any password I know of, not even the empty password.
But I can delete items. So I can delete the item, then recreate it in the other keychain.
It seems like the system keychain is like a group, that can contain references to keys so that the whole system can use that key. But is it really like this, or is a copy of the key created, when a key automatically gets into the sytem keychain (like the airport keys)?
PowerBook 12" Mac OS X (10.4.4)

What is a "login" keychain password

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