system keychain is purged on restart
Upgraded to OS X 10.11.5 in new iMac. Now whenever I boot the computer - either a cold boot or a restart - the startup process archives the system keychain and creates a new empty system keychain.
Log-In and Local Items keychains are unaffected, but the link to the Airport Base Station and/or the Time Capsule disappears and I lose wi-fi.
It is easy to reconnect wi-fi as when I click on the network name in the wi-fi icon of the title bar, it instantly reconnects; however it won't accept the password for the Time Capsule - I get a 25293 error (which I think is authentication).
Each time I reboot the computer archives the old system keychain with a time/date stamp identifier.
Working with Apple support but so far no solution.
I have experimented with an old Airport Base Station and get the same results as with the Time Capsule. I have started up in "Safe Mode" and get the same results. I have rebuilt the keychain over and over again but still get the same results. I have logged on as Administrator - same results. I have removed lots of software, particularly programs that do maintenance type actions, and get the same results.
Am I the only one with this type of problem?
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 24 gb Ram, 3 TB time capsule