[MPMoriarty]

Ok, I have been experiencing an issue with keychain .Mac sync and sometimes my airport keep asking for my "system" password. Not my user account password, but my system password. No matter which admin password I use, it's invalid. I have used the OS X installer disk to reset the system root password, but still no go.

I do notice that Keychain access shows my system's keychain. Could this be the problem?

[MPMoriarty]

Nobody knows what this might be?

[jjlannoo]

Originally Posted by MPMoriarty

Nobody knows what this might be?

I don't have an answer but I get that pop up as well after updates. No matter what I type in it says its wrong. It go's away after a few attempts. Says it will ask again later or something...I forget.

[ed phelan]

I just hit the cancel button and go on with my business, works every time.
All the best/E

[voicebox]

Originally Posted by MPMoriarty

Ok, I have been experiencing an issue with keychain .Mac sync and sometimes my airport keep asking for my "system" password. Not my user account password, but my system password. No matter which admin password I use, it's invalid. I have used the OS X installer disk to reset the system root password, but still no go.

I do notice that Keychain access shows my system's keychain. Could this be the problem?

Hi MPMoriarty,
I found the following over at Macfixit - posted by Virtual1 MacMaster. I hope it is of help.

"....You probably force changed your password using the boot CD. At login, the system tries to use your login password to unlock your keychain. If you force changed your login pw, the keychain password remains unchanged and cannot be unlocked with the new password at login, so it remains locked. When an app tries to access the keychain, it then prompts you to unlock it. If you don't remember your previous password, you cannot unlock it and the information in the keychain can never be recovered.

Go into (home)/Library/Keychains/ and delete everything in that folder. (may be up to 3 items in there) Logout. Login.

Run safari and go to google.com, this will try to access forms autofill in the keychain. It will ask if you want to reset it to defaults. Alllow this. It will then ask for a password, use your login password. It may ask a third time if you really want to reset it, allow it.

Now run mail. Get new mail. It will prompt for your email password. Type it in and check the box to remember the password.
That should have you all fixed up ..."

You can check his post out - swing over to MacFixit and do a 'keychain' search in the OS X Tiger forum.
Good luck
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[MPMoriarty]

Thanks. Ok, I will give it a shot and report back later if the problem persists. If I never reply to this thread again, you can assume everything has resolved itself.