Joe, I had a similar problem when I installed 10.4 on my DA. I ended up just clicking on the keychain dialog box with no password entered, and it accepted that. I added a separate password for keychain later, but I'd have to fiddle around in the dialog boxes to remember how I did that.
Keychain is a separate application from the main OS sysadmin password, and as I recall, if you forget the Keychain password, you're stuck and lose your passwords. I don't know about 10.3, but you might try just clicking on the keychain dialog box on a lark and see if it works. - Michael B. in Cincinnati On Dec 7, 10:29 pm, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 7, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > > > > > > joe wrote: > >> I just set up a second hand G4 digital audio with OS X 10.3 already > >> installed on it. I used the install disk to reset the admin > >> password, > >> but I didn't realize that the keychain password is also unknown to > >> me. > >> I can't unlock Keychain to put it to use. (There's nothing there at > >> this point--I just want to use it.) > > >> Is there any way to get or reset that password short of re-installing > >> the OS? > > > Use the "Keychain Access" utility to delete the keychain file(s). It > > should work okay after that. > > > You might be better off just creating a whole new admin user and > > deleting the old one, just to burn the gunk out. > > Sorry I wasn't very clear. It's a clean OS install (just one that I > didn't do). There's nothing stored in keychain right now. The > trouble is that I can't begin to use it for storing passwords without > the keychain password itself to unlock it. I thought that just used > the admin password or user password, but it doesn't. I re-set the > admin password (the only account) using the install disk, but I can't > unlock Keychain. > > I hope I'm using the terminology correctly. For example, I just set > up an account in Mail, and when you check mail you've got to re-enter > the password. After you do so, a dialogue pops up asking if you want > to store it in Keychain--to do so you need to enter the Keychain > password (the admin account password I just reset doesn't work). > > Does that make sense? (This is a computer I set up for someone else, > so I don't have quick access to it at the moment.) > > ============================== > Joe the Juggler > 4148 Wyoming St. > St. Louis, MO 63116 > (314) 771-3243 > http://joethejuggler.com > ============================== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
