Oh, interesting. Thanks for the explanation. Donna
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Keychains, wasRE: Updating Mac 10.5 (password) I don't use them but the theory is that you store all your screen name and password pairs in a master keychain. Then you use one screen name and password to unlock all your other passwords. So the idea is that you only need to remember that one password and the keychain will supply all the other passwords when needed. As I said, I don't use it but I suspect it does some kind of autocomplete on forms in the appropriate places. CB Donna Goodin wrote: Hello all, Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question, but what are keychains anyway? I've seen references to them, but I don't understand what they are or how they work. TIA, Donna _____ From: Dr.Khalid <mailto:dr.k...@gmail.com> <dr.k...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 12:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Updating Mac 10.5 (password) Hi! How can I check the account pain and change the password from there ? BTW, I'm still new to the world of Mac and VoiceOver -- however, I'm enjoying this new world so much .. Best Khalid ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan C. Cohn <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Updating Mac 10.5 (password) Ah, the problem of the automatic login. You could boot with the Leopard disk and reset his password, but that will probably lock him out of all his keychains. Check the accounts pane, and see if you can change his password there. Also, it is well advised for security reasons, to not use the Administrator login created at system startup for day to day activities. It adds a additional layer of security if any trojan horse or other malware needs to skip to a administrative login in order to get full access to the machine's root / full access. Jonathan On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Dr.Khalid wrote: Hi All! I'm trying to update my friend MacBook Pro from v 105.5 to 10.5.8. I pressed VO-M, then I chose the software update. It says there are 9 updates. I tried several times to install the updates, or some of the updates, but each time the updater ask me for a username and password. I asked my friend, and he told me he doesn't have any password in his machine. I wonder, what I should do? How can I pass this password thing? I should note though that when I press OK and leave the password field empty, the updater doesn't accept this, and will say either the username or password is wrong. TIA Khalid No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.56/2302 - Release Date: 08/14/09 06:10:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
