Safari keychain

[Gregor Alessi]

On 27.06.2007, at 01:17, LuKreme wrote:
> On 22-Jun-2007, at 10:20, R.L. Grigg wrote:
>> I'm a bit new to OSX so heres something I don't get: My account  
>> was created with password XXXX. I changed it to YYYY. Every 5? 10?  
>> minutes, Safari keeps asking me again for my password from the  
>> keychain. Why it needs it Ill never know, but I have to give it my  
>> old password XXXX, not my current password YYYY.
>
> When you create your account, your keychain is created with the  
> same password as the key.  When you change the password, the  
> keychain password does not change.

When you change the password via System Preferences, the keychain  
password is be updated too. If you change it with "Password Reset" -  
an application on your install DVD - then the keychain keeps the old  
password. Same goes for password changes with passwd in a shell.

>> SOmeone told me to blow away my keychain
>
> That would be silly.

In case the user doesn't know his/her old password, I don't see any  
other way.


Regards

Gregor