Why wont keychain access accept my login password

a pop up window states "safari wants to use keychain log-in password,"
but when i enter my log-in password it is invalid. why wont keychain
accept password?

When you get a request like that, the usual action you should take is to click on the "Allow" button.

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It is a possibility that the default keyboard layout was changed, but seeing as the new password I setup was created with the current keyboard setting, the character placement would still be the same regardless...
How would I go about creating a new passwordless account from the either the login screen or the installation disk menu? I literally have no way of logging onto my computer as anyone so far as I can tell. Admittedly Im no Mac expert, so I imagine there are a few other avenues I havent thought to explore. I also reset the pram... nothing.
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Today, I'm using Lion and my daughter is using the latest version of Snow Leopard, but this was a problem when we were both using Snow Leopard too.
I send her and my wife and invitation via iCal. Wife accepts and in the event it shows she has accepted. Daughter accepts and it does not. I have the email with the attachment and I have iCal set to retrieve the invitations automatically and yet.....nothing.
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http://pastebin.ca/922156
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then making your plist refer to the full path name to the above script, with no program arguments necessary?
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Hello _glen,
If the problem started a few weeks ago the quick easy solution is to restore to a time before it stopped working.
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Long story short.
In an attempt to fix this issue, just did a complete wipe and reinstall of OS X 10.4.5. So starting from a completely clean slate
Been trying to get into Keychain Access to view my password to access my Airport network. Not using Airport base station, just the built in card in my Mac Mini.
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Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Window Menu item,
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544

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I am having problems with setting up my .mac account to enable file sharing between my iMAC and my MacBook Pro.
One of the problems that I think I have is my keychain access / password. When I go into my keychain access to check my password on my .mac account, it has the wrong password. I have noticed this when I go to login to my .mac account, it always comes up with an error saying that there is an error. I have to say ok to the error dialog box to clear it, and then I am able to sign into my .mac account with the right password. The password that is listed (when I go into view the password) when I view on my keychain access list is wrong.
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Checked keychain search list
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Checking keychain configuration for Heidi Nettler (user ID=501)
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Checked login keychain
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Permissions incorrect on ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, should be -rw-r--r-T , they are -rwxrwxr-t
Owner not corrected on ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, reason: Permission denied
Permissions not corrected on ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, reason: Operation not permitted
Checked default keychain
Checked keychain search list
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
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Item “mail.comcast.net” has unspecified value for port attribute
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Error: failed to update port attribute for “mail.comcast.net” (0x186A1)
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Why wont keychain access accept my login password

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