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Keychain login cannot be found to store session token

Hi,


A couple of days ago I started getting errors with my Keychain.


I have tried a couple of solutions on the web such as verifying and repairing my keychain but it seems to keep getting corrupted.

I have also run Disk Utilities and verified the disk to no joy.

The only application I have installed since the errors started appearing was a "Pixelmator" trial. I have since deleted the App but the errors are still appearing.


They are appearing when I open app's such as Chrome and Safari.


Deleting login.keychain, logging out/in it prompts me for my iMessage and Facetime password on logging back in but I still get the errors.


I have also tried to restore my Keychain from a TimeMachine backup from last week but it has since been corrupted again.


Please find attached screenshot.User uploaded file

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 30, 2013 5:51 AM

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Apr 4, 2014 6:18 PM in response to baltwo

Hi,


tried to creat a new keychain and got this message everytime:


[An error occurred while creating a new keychain.]


I also noticed that:


1. Trying to vew the item in the Local item (attempt to delete st) , i was asked to enter a password which I did not have (never visit the Keychain Access before; try all pw I could remember but all failed)

2. Keychain Access took nearly a minute to launch. is it normal? I guess NOT



Anyone point me to the next move? appreciate.

Apr 4, 2014 6:58 PM in response to cuti_95

Normally, by default, unless you changed it, your keychain password is the same as your admin password. There's no way I know of to recover that if you forgot it, but you can change it and then try using that one. Details in

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/ and

http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/19/change-password-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-without-knowin g-current-password/, both of which also apply to Mtn Lion.

Apr 17, 2014 1:43 PM in response to Cen92

chrome's recent update cause this problem for us.

its in a lab setting with deepfreeze, and we generally delete most keychains. the following command helped me.


type this logged in as normal user into terminal:

security create-keychain -p '' chrome


^ those are 2 single quotes, not 1 double-quote.


chrome asks once if it can use it, just hit enter..


or if you want a password on it, put the password in the single quotes.

Jul 12, 2014 12:47 PM in response to Cen92

How to fix Pop-up in Google Chrome in MacBooks!


keychain "login" cannot be found to store "Chrome"


1. Open "Keychain" in Utilities: Finder >Applications >Utilities >Keychain

2. User uploaded file

3. Click on "Keychain Access" >Keychain First Aid or Alt+Command+A

4. Enter your Password Admin Login if you have password

5. Click on "Repair" and Start repair like you do in Disk Utility and it will automatically repair whatever keychain problem on your Google Chrome or Safari


That's it! No More Pop-ups!

Goodluck!

Dec 4, 2014 5:04 PM in response to diel24

Hi diel24,

I followed your steps and it didn't work at first it said something like files missing or something, Then i hit for it to verify and i pressed start. Then i went back and hit repair and it worked. Hopefully i didn't do anything bad but it works.

BUT i aslo followed the stops from the second post before i seen your post...

"In Keychain Access, delete the login keychain from the keychain list. Choose Delete References when prompted, notDelete References & Files"

I deleted the keychain and tried to finish all of those steps but i couldn't rename the file called login-renamed.keychain so i just stopped and didnt do anything further? Should i experience any problem or anything? Not really sure what i did.

Aug 29, 2015 2:40 PM in response to Cen92

This worked for me, but like other I got the missing keychain.


I started Disk utility and repaired permissions, then powered off & rebooted and my keychain was back and I was able to sign in to iCloud and all have been fine since.


Only thing I seem to have lost is my login items. I've had to tell certain apps to run ay login again.


Thanks for this article, finally all 3 of my macs have precisely the same login details and home folder.

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