[G4] Browser Keychain Request

[John Baltutis]

On 10/12/09, Wayne Wilkin <macsys at mac.com> wrote:
>
> I use the "shot gun" approach because most of the time repairing the
> keychain just doesn't work. It'll say it repaired things but doesn't.
> So I just default to what i know worked quickly.
>
> On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:45 AM, John Baltutis wrote:
>> On 10/11/09, Fred Thiel <fthiel at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Wayne Wilkin wrote:
>>>> Delete, your home directory/Library/Keychains/login.keychain. Log
>>>> out log back in.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 11, 2009, at 12:59 AM, Fred Thiel wrote:
>>>>> When I launch Safari or Firefox, I get a dialog box saying the app
>>>>> wants to use one of my locked keychains. The login chain is
>>>>> unlocked. I had this problem once before, but it's been so long
>>>>> ago that I forgot how to fix it. I know it's simple, but at the
>>>>> moment I can't remember how I did it.
>>>
>>> That worked. Thanks a lot. That was starting to really annoy me. I
>>> don't think that's the way I did it the first time, but that's just a
>>> moot point as long as I can remember how to do it this time. I'll
>>> archive your solution in my fix-it files.
>>
>> Whoppee! Now you'll have to reenter every username & password ccombo
>> to any secured site you've ever visited. The smart thing to do would have
>> been to repair the problem using Keychain First Aid and not the shotgun
>> approach.

Interesting. I've been using the same login.keychain, updated as used, since
installing Jaguar. I've yet to have Keychain First Aid fail. With over 150
username/password entries, I surely wouldn't want to reenter those into a new
keychain. G4, 450 MP, running 10.5.8-yes hacked to run Leopard.