Hi Hugh,
On 27/08/2009, at 4:01 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
Yes, sort of, in safari both my children ( whose accounts have
parental controls turned on, but I don't htink this is it) have to
hit cancel on the keychain pop up constantly to view web pages, it
doesn't happen for the other three accounts on the systems.
The reason this is happening can be one of a number of causes.
Just resetting Safari in each of their accounts might help.
1. Open safari
2. Under Safari > Reset Safari
Tick everything
3. Click Reset
Log out and then log back in and test safari.
Other causes:
1. Their passwords may have been changed & are now not the same as
their default Keychain.
or
2. Their Keychain might be set to lock automatically after a period of
inactivity or when the computer enters sleep mode.
When your keychain is locked, trusted applications cannot access
it and you are prompted for the keychain password.
You will need to login to each of their accounts to check:
I would probably suggest that you first try checking their Keychains
for any problems:
Login to each of their accounts:
To check keychains for problems:
1. Open Keychain Access, located in the Utilities folder in the
Applications folder.
2. Choose Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid.
3. Enter the user name and password.
4.Select Verify and click Start. Any problems found will be displayed.
If there are problems, select Repair, and then click Start.
Log out and then log back into their account and Open Safari and see
if the problems is corrected.
If not try the below suggestions.
If it is No.! Passwords have been changed:
To change your keychain password:
1. Open Keychain Access, located in the Utilities folder in the
Applications folder.
2. Choose Edit > “Change Password for Keychain ( keychain name).”
3. If the keychain is locked, type the password to unlock it and click
OK.
4. Type the current password for this keychain.
5. Type a new password, and then type it again to verify.
6.Click OK.
If it is No.2 Keychain Locking:
Assuming that their default keychain’s password matches their
account’s password, you can prevent their default keychain from
locking after they log in or when your Mac enters sleep mode as follows:
In each of their Accounts:
1. Open Keychain Access, located in the Macintosh HD > Applications >
Utilities folder.
2. Select your default keychain in the Keychains list. By default,
this is the keychain login.
3. Select Edit > Change Settings for Keychain keychain_name…, where
keychain_name is the keychain selected in step 2.
4. If the checkbox next to Lock after __ minutes of inactivity is
selected, deselect it.
5. If the checkbox next to Lock when sleeping is selected, deselect it
6. Click Save.
NB: I don't like suggesting preventing Keychain from locking, as
while making these changes averts the inconvenience of regularly being
prompted for your password, it reduces the overall security of their
account if they leave your Mac unattended. You could set the Display
to lock if you wanted to.
Cheers,
Ronni
-----Original Message-----
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 3:51 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Keychain?
Hi Hugh,
On 27/08/2009, at 3:01 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
Ronni, your memory is amazing, I thought I might have asked this
question before but couldn't find the answer.
If I have one user that has admin privileges' is it possible to turn
off keychain for other people?
NO, they require Keychain to store their passwords to login to their
Accounts, their email accounts, iTunes Apple Music Store account.
It's worrying me ... why you want to "Turn Off" Keychain? Are you
having a problem in your Account or a Non Admin. Account?
Cheers,
Ronni
-----Original Message-----
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 2:19 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Keychain?
Hi Hugh,
On 27/08/2009, at 1:37 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
Is there a way to turn off keychain?
You asked this question before back on 5 November 2006.
My answer to you then, and now is the same.
Begin Quote from my email:
"Short Answer to 'Can you Disable Keychain Completely' : No.
Apple's OS X requires at least one admin user account tied to a
password.
See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156> for more
details.
The core philosophy behind Mac OS X is that a user with Admin
privileges *needs*
to enter his/her password to install or update any software.
This is a big part of what makes the Mac so much more secure than
other platforms
and there is rightly no way around it."
End Quote:
Or disable it for certain apps, like safari?
In Safari, you could try turning OFF AutoFill.
Open Safari, choose Preferences > Autofill and uncheck all three
Items.
Cheers,
Ronni
Best Regards
Hugh Griffiths
-----Original Message-----
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 1:05 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Entourage to Mail
On 25/08/2009, at 9:45 PM, John Daniels wrote:
Hi all
On my Intel iMac I can receive and send emails using Entourage
without a problem and without using a password.
However when I switched to Mac Mail the program asks me for a
password and does not accept the password which would normally give
me access to Westnet server.
I have checked at Mail preferences - Accounts which looks OK and
phoned Westnet but they could not help.
Hi John,
1. Quit Mail if it's running.
2. Open Keychain Access > Passwords > Internet.
3. Find the password that Mail is having a problem with and delete
it,
then quit Keychain Access.
4. Restart Mail and enter the password again when asked, and check
to
the box to save it in the Keychain.
It shouldn't ask you again unless your Keychain becomes corrupted in
the future.
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