<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">From: J <<a href="mailto:themacintoshlady@earthlink.net">themacintoshlady@earthlink.net</a>><br><br>IN my case I know it's not my mail password.<br><br>It's for the master entry to keychain, which I have never set in the <br>first place...</span></blockquote></div><br><div>The master password for the keychain is your administrative password, unless you have changed the admin password recently. Sometimes, particularly when the admin password is set to (nothing) or just spaces, the keychain gets confused.</div><div><br></div><div>This is EXACTLY why Apple and I both recommend that you NOT set your master password to (nothing) or just spaces!</div><div><br></div><div>The solution to this problem has been described: boot from your OS X install discs, ignore the offer to reinstall your OS, go to the menubar and choose the option to reset password. This will reset your admin AND keychain password to whatever you've now selected (which will NOT, I trust, be blank).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Cheers</div><div>Chas</div><div><br></div><div>My 80s music podcast! <a href="http://www.crustyoldwave.com">http://www.crustyoldwave.com</a></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>