On Apr 24, 2013, at 8:11 AM, JohnV <[email protected]> wrote: > Got restart with SNOW CD and reset password. > > now it seems the KEYCHAIN system is locked. > > Right now staring at the dialogue box offering > CONTINUE LOG IN... > CREATE NEW KEYCHAIN... > UPDATE KEYCHAIN PASSWORD > > the hang here is, if I read this right, I still need to remember my OLD > password to keep all the keychain stuff working? Or am I missing something > (highly likely) >
nope, you are correct; the keychain password is separate from your login password, it's just that OS X changes them together when you do this usually. You've got two basic options. 1) Bite the bullet, create a new keychain and say bye-bye to all your saved passwords. 2) Select 'Continue log in' and once you're in, try again to remember the old password. I don't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure 'Update keychain password' also requires the old password. You will be bugged about this every time you run something with a remembered password. This MIGHT work to recover passwords, since you do know your new Admin password: <https://github.com/juuso/keychaindump>. You'll need the OS X Developers Tools to compile it. It certainly worked on my system; but my keychain is unlocked. When I locked my keychain, it found nothing. Forgetting system passwords is bad. One thing you can do (for free) is: use Disk Utility to create an encrypted disk image. It doesn't have to be large a few megabytes is sufficient for this purpose. DON'T forget the password to this, or write it down and put it someplace secure, like a safe. Open the disk image, and using any editor (a text editor like BBEdit or TextWrangler is ideal) write down all your passwords and usernames and any other useful information you may need (like Credit card numbers, house alarm pins, etc etc). Save the text file on the disk image. Drag the mounted disk to the trash to eject (and lock) it, and save it somewhere safe. Mine is in my Dropbox, so I can get to it any time I want, on any of my Macs (since it's a disk image, I cannot access it via the Dropbox web intercface or on my iPad). This is really useful because it lets you create insanely comples passwords for things like bank accounts and such, yet all you have to do is open the disk image and copy the passwords out off the document and paste it into the web login screens. The other thing to do is maintain a paper copy of all this information, ALSO put somewhere safe, like a safe deposit box or houshold fireproof safe, etc, so that in the worst case scenario you can still get into things. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
