[G4] Browser Keychain Request

[Wayne Wilkin]

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.
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