Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Login Passwords for KeyChain Date: 14 Nov 2016 06:46:20 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <2016111310562964103-xxx@yyyzzz> <1mwpx92.fu2znoffcaoN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net po2G2rOBmPWHtfuORdTF+AcBDu3ClNStyEOcXb/4IAz8SJuSS0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:1SdPH9485PeDlVUScO1EsXZFuag= sha1:CSZO/92/FF9dvckgQZcxtIz1RXg= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96833 David Empson wrote: > gtr wrote: > >> So this past week I was struck curious by a request for access to a >> keychain we rebootin. It was the FMFD. >> >> In recent reboots I'm asked for from 2 to 4 passwords, and have been >> for a number of years. It's no great hassle, since it's generally so >> rare that I reboot anyhow. Still, it makes me wonder if there isn't a >> simpler way. > > There is. Change the password on your "login" keychain so it is the same > as the user account password for your user account. That's the default state on a newly installed system: both the user account and the login key chain are set to the same password. > The system will then use the entry of the login password (either your > manual entry or if you have set up the computer to log in automatically) > to automatically unlock the login keychain, avoiding the need to type in > another password the first time something wants the keychain. That's how it works for most users because the keychain password and user account password are the same. > I used to have a different password for my keychain but several OS X > versions ago it started to get unweildy because too many things kept > asking for it. Made them the same password and that annoyance went away. I suspect gtr originally had his user account password and login keychain password set to an empty string. Then he later changed the user account password, but *didn't* set the login keychain password to the same thing. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR