Since updating to Yosemite, I've been getting bombarded with requests for keychain passwords by something called sharingd. I've tried turning off screen/file sharing in system preferences thinking it was related to that with no luck. Keychain First Aid didn't find any problems when I ran the verify. I've tried leaving my keychain unlocked which didn't help either.
Appreciate the help,
-Gavin
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
What is the exact error message that you are getting? Can you post in here a screenshot?
Is this issue also appearing in safe mode: OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support
Is this issue also appearing on new user account:
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If new user account has the same problem, try to Repair Disk Permissions:
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If only your user is affected, try to troubleshoot permissions on your own user account:
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If you don't use "Handoff," you can avoid the problem by disabling it in the General preference pane. Otherwise, do you use iCloud Keychain?
Yep, seems to be related to Handoff, haven't seen it reoccur yet. Thanks for the help, I've never had a real need for this feature anyway so didn't mind turning it off.
I'm also seeing a fair amount of keychain requests from AppleIDAuthAgent, is there anything I can do for this?
Do you use iCloud Keychain?
No, never looked into setting that up so its disabled on the iMac and iDevices
If you haven't already done so, please run Keychain First Aid and see whether there's any change.
Yes, I've tried both verify & repair and it didn't find any problems
What exactly do you mean by "a fair amount of keychain requests?"
Hello,
Have you tried to delete the contents of the folder : "~/Library/Accounts/" ?
>> Have you triedto delete the contentsof the folder : "~/Library/Accounts/" ?
This did not seem to change anything
>> What exactly do you mean by "a fair amount of keychain requests?"
In my view, I should never get prompted for a password during normal operation on a home desktop. Things like viewing a keychain password or installing software are of course expected. So after fixing the sharingd by disabling handoff, now I see more sparse requests by AppleIDAuthAgent. It consistently comes up on waking from sleep I've noticed, but not too often after that. I'm thinking about starting over from scratch on the keychain and being more careful about what system services I set it up with.
Constant sharingd Keychain Password Requests
