[X-Newbies] How to unlock keychain that has never been locked?

[Christopher Collins]

I think it relates to the password on your username that you use to  
login to your Mac.

As in your Administrative password.

cjc


On 01/08/2008, at 2:32 PM, J wrote:

> Key Chain - driving me nuts.
>
> I have never 'locked' my key chain but I always check the box that  
> asks me to remember passwords in it, for all my FTP stuff especially.
>
> Once in a while I have to go in and see a password I have forgotten.  
> Press 'i' and 'show password' and bingo there it is.
>
>
> Suddenly it is now asking me for a password to do this, when I have  
> never 'locked' my keychain!
>
> What password does it want? This is making me crazy. I have never  
> locked it. How do I 'unlock' it?
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2008, at 1:21 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Pat Kane wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using my imac (2.4 GHZ, 4GB memory, 10.5.1) since Jan.2 .
>>> Around the middle of February, I installed Adobe CS3. I also had  
>>> Painter X installed and about 300 photos in iphoto. In short, I  
>>> didn't have too much on my new imac.
>>> So, middle of February, there's a prompt from Software Update, and  
>>> I say "ok." My imac then tells me there's not enough room on my  
>>> 750 GIG hard drive for the update.
>>> Do I make an appointment with the Genius Bar, or can I solve this  
>>> on my own? I have no idea what has clogged up my imac, but it's  
>>> telling me I now have less than 3GIG of disk space available. I  
>>> must admit I've been putting this off because I love my imac,  
>>> but ... I really would like to have things as they should be.
>>> Anyone ever run into this?
>>
>> Usually I only hear from someone with this problem two or three  
>> times a year, but for some reason this is the third time this month  
>> that I've heard from someone with this problem.
>>
>> Your Mac has filled up with something invisible that is out of  
>> control, so logically it must be either a log, a cache, or an index  
>> file.
>>
>> Generally it is one of the first two, but I've seen it also be a  
>> corrupted Spotlight database.
>>
>> So lets start with the most likely culprits.
>>
>> The first thing to try is simply restarting your Mac.  If that  
>> doesn't help...
>>
>> Run Cache Out X to clear caches, and then MacJanitor to clear your  
>> log files:
>>
>> Cache Out X  (Free)
>> http://www.trilateralsystems.com/CacheOutX/
>>
>> MacJanitor (Free)
>> http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
>>
>> If these don't work, let me know, and I'll tell you how to delete  
>> your Spotlight database and have it rebuild itself.
>>
>>
>>
>> ___________________________________________
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>>
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