EricIsBananaMan

Q: keychain firstaid is missing in OS X El Capitan 10.11.3

My keychain is a mess. I cannot reset it. Seems to have a different login for "local items" than for "system". Get "login (Read Only) at the top and cannot disable lock. There is no icon next to "login" in the tree control on the left. There is no option for FirstAid. Have tried to "Reset My Default Keychain", but get UNIX[Invalid argument]

 

Any ideas on where to go from here?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 16, 2016 3:43 PM

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Q: keychain firstaid is missing in OS X El Capitan 10.11.3

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  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Feb 16, 2016 5:03 PM in response to EricIsBananaMan
    Level 8 (41,531 points)
    Mac OS X
    Feb 16, 2016 5:03 PM in response to EricIsBananaMan

    OS X El Capitan

     

    Keychain First Aid is no more available.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-02-16 at 20.00.11 PM.png

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205637

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 16, 2016 5:36 PM in response to EricIsBananaMan
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    Feb 16, 2016 5:36 PM in response to EricIsBananaMan

    Please back up all data before proceeding.

    This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.

    Step 1

    If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.

    Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:

    sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nosappnd,noschg,nosunlnk,nouappnd,nouchg {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-

    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

    Launch the built-in Terminal application in any one of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.

    You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.

    The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.

    Step 2 (optional)

    Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.

    Start up in Recovery mode. You may be prompted to select a language, then the OS X Utilities screen will appear.

    If you use FileVault 2, select Disk Utility, then select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another drive icon. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main screen.

    Select

              Utilities Terminal

    from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:

    resetp

    Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:

    resetpassword

    Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.

    Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.

    Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.

    Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.

    Select

               Restart

    from the menu bar.

  • by simcc,

    simcc simcc Mar 21, 2016 8:38 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (14 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 21, 2016 8:38 PM in response to Linc Davis

    That worked! Cheers! Just "Step 1".

     

    Had some Keychain issues after upgrading from Yosemite. Note that my Keychain password is different to my login password; possible cause...have had issues with Keychain before because of this...usually First Aid fixed it.