Safari keeps asking me for a "login" keychain

Hi Cindy, Do you have a password that you use to login? If not, then hitting the "Return" or clicking on the"OK" should do it. You may get a dropdown that asks if you want to save your password. If you don't want others using Safari then NO, but if you don't want to see the password request again say yes.

If you still get the request after entering your password and saving it in the keychain, you might need to do a first-aid on your keychain. Open your Applications>Utility>Keychain Access.app
Then from the menu bar, click on "Keychain Access" then "Keychain First Aid" in the dropdown menu.

Now click on the "Repair" button in the upper right and then start. For some reason, I do not have to enter a password to run this repair.

Cheers,
Glynn

Glynn, i have the same problem with Cindy. The popup does not stop whether i put in the password or not. How can i make this go away? I took up your suggestion of going to the applications/keychain access but there is no drop down menu item called first aid. Thanks, your help would be appreciated!

Hi Cindy

Welcome to Apple Discussions

To stop the prompts, open Keychain Access.app in your Utilities folder. Highlight one of familiar keychain entries on the right side or type a familiar name in the spotlight panel. Then double click the entry. When the panel opens, select "Access Control".

In the "Always allow access" panel, click on the +, then navigate in the panel to Safari in your Applications folder. Save changes.

As Glynn suggested, go to the Keychains Menu>Keychain First-Aid and select "repair". If any errors appear, rerun until you get a clean pass.

Close Keychain Access and restart Safari.

Is there any way to get around this keychain access? I do not have the password and the computer was used when I received it. I keep getting the keychain access prompt and have entered the password that I use to login but unfortunately that comes up invalid. I have tried simply pressing return also.
Any help would be appreciated!

-R

Hi Richard

A bit off topic, however, I'm looking the other way today. 😉

If you don't know the keychain password, then your basic option is to create a new keychain file. By default its password will be the same as the administrator password for the computer.

To do so: Via the Finder navigate to Your User Account>Library>Keychains folder. There, move the Login.keychain file to the trash.

Next, open Keychain Access. A new keychain file may be created for you on the startup. If you see a login.keychain file in the left column, you're good to go. If not, go to the File Menu>New Keychain.

You're welcome Richard. Happy to have helped. Glad that solved it.

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HI Cindy and Welcome to Apple Discussions.

Safari/Keychain fix:
Sounds like your Keychain preference files are corrupted. Locate this file:

com.apple.keychainaccess.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from your Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot.

If that doesn't help...

1) Quit Safari
2) Open Keychain Access. (Applications/Utilities) Find the "Safari AutoFill" item. Delete it.
3) Relaunch Safari. Next time it asks for authorization, click "Always Allow".




Carolyn 🙂

Thank you. It was my dad's computer before it was mine and he forgot the password as did his girlfriend so I didn't know how to get around it. Thank you