OS X keeps asking me for SYSTEM keychain password, and rejecting password

mpmoriartympmoriarty
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Every time I log into my account and start to connect to my airport base station network, OS X asks me to unlock my SYSTEM keychain. I supply my admin password that unlocks the keychain in the KEYCHAIN ACCESS app. But for some reason OS X tells me this is incorrect.



I have to choose 'cancel" because it won't accept any password I enter.



But then after I choose 'cancel', it connects to my network.



Is my network password NOT supposed to be in the SYSTEM keychain, but inside my personal keychain?



What's going on?

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    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MPMoriarty

    Every time I log into my account and start to connect to my airport base station network, OS X asks me to unlock my SYSTEM keychain. I supply my admin password that unlocks the keychain in the KEYCHAIN ACCESS app. But for some reason OS X tells me this is incorrect.



    I have to choose 'cancel" because it won't accept any password I enter.



    But then after I choose 'cancel', it connects to my network.



    Is my network password NOT supposed to be in the SYSTEM keychain, but inside my personal keychain?



    What's going on?



    Sometimes keychain.app becomes somewhat cheesy. In your case

    i guess the keychain database became spoiled for whatever reason.



    I'd suggest to open keychain,app and perform a "keychain first aid"

    comand (->menu:window->keychain first aid). If that doesn't cure

    the simpsons, i'd trash every entry within keychain.app.



    This is not dangerous, therefor you just have to (re)enter

    every password again, you once had supplied to some

    certain apps and logins (e.g. mail, safari forms, web logins etc.).



    perhaps that helps
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