As per my subject line, How do I completely disable/remove/I-do-not-want-keychain-to-be-activated-at-all as I have 5 iMacs for Public Usage. Anyway I can uninstall Keychain ? Like how u can simply uninstall programs in Windows? This feature is getting extremely annoying. It keeps recreating the Keychain entry/account/whatever called "login".
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
You can't. Macs use it for security reasons.
You can't. Macs use it for security reasons.
Errr...thats no good then, it keeps prompting me to login to Keychain under user "login" whch I have not set any password for (I even tried root password but still does not work) and when I try to update the password, I cant, as it keeps saying that I need to enter the "Current Password" which I have no idea what it is. I did delete the user/account "login" as per some guides, but it keeps on reappearing, is this because I am trying to modify the built-in Guest account? as per my previous post:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5817151
I am modifying the Guest account because I want it to reset back to the template even after users try to change stuff (modified it so it has the company wallpaper, browsers set to company websites, and customised the dock)
Keychain didnt act up this way in previous versions, it was all fine back in Mountain Lion.
Any help here, or the link within it? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Dear Paul_31,
Thanks for the link, but it doesnt stop it from prompting to enter password for Local Items. I have never ever set any password for Keychain.
I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas 😟.
Are you running 10.9 as noted on your profile? If so, update via Software Update to 10.9.1. Of course, if you've already done so you can ignore this suggestion.
Dear Paul_31,
THanks for the suggestion, but I have already updated to 10.9.1 but the Keychain still prompts for a "phantom password that I have never ever set" for "login". This is getting very tiresome..........
Dear Baltwo,
Thanks, I finally made progress, I had to delete the Keychain user "Login" in the Guest account as well, then copy over the "Library" folder over to the /User Templates/English.lproj folder.
Nope!!! It STILL didnt work! Keychain still annoyingly prompts me to key in password for "login". It will keep on recreating itself.
Sorry Baltwo, I accidentally pressed "This Solved my Question". This problem still persists. I am literally going through every single post related to this, but none of the solutions work. Temporary solutions = YES, but "login" keeps re-appearing.
Hi,
I've been having this same issue. I believe I actually got past it now. In my situation, I've created a "Template" user with everything set the way I want. Logout of that user and in as root. Go into the /Users/Template/Library folder, select all and copy. Now over to the Library folder in the English.lproj folder and paste in what I copied earlier. I usually make sure that the folder is empty before pasting but that may not be necessary. The Keychains folder in there is what causes these annoying messages, so, open it. I had three files in this location. Login.keychain and two others named alpha-numerically, and rather long names at that. One had a modification date the same as my Login.keychain and the other was from a while back. Trashing the two newer ones did the trick. Trashing all three caused problems with keychains for Safari and Chrome. Trashing only the Login.keychain caused other problems but trashing the two files with similar modification dates seems to work for me.
HTH.
Use Guest User. Guest does not require a password. When the User logs out of the default Guest User all data is delted.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph6419
Set one Admin account with a password for the administration of the computer.
Hi,
I don't believe that you comprehend the gist of the thread here. What we have been doing is creating a customized Guest user with various parameters, looks and feels all specifically configured. So, the default Guest user does not meet our needs. In SL, Lion and ML, the Keychain was not an issue but in Mavericks, it became a problem for many folks using this method. We are aware of the nature of the Guest user, but have used that feature to our advantage and gone further. In my testing so far, the Keychain error has not reared its ugly head again within my customized Guest user environment.
This is an issue within Mac OS X, falsely generating a keychain for the Guest User, when there shouldn't be one.
Apple needs to address this issue. It would help if people submitted a bug complaint to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback .
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This looks like a way to get you the functionality you want with a standard account - that shouldn't have the issue with the login keychain on the guest account: https://www.gcsdstaff.org/roodhouse/?p=3164
How to completely remove Keychain. Stop it Completely.
