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Navigate to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and select Keychain List from the pull down menu.This will launch the Keychain Access window. Locate and double click the Keychain access icon.This may be done by completing the following steps: When someone can no longer access his/her keychain or has recently reset his/her password by means other than those associated with the Accounts menu, his/her only option is to delete the keychains that cannot be accessed. This will close the Change Keychain Password window. Click the OK button to commit the changes.Re-enter the new password in the Verify box.Enter the current password (If doing this for the first time, the password is the administrator password).In the resulting Change Keychain Password window:.Navigate to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and from the pull-down menu, select Change Password for Keychain “login”.

This will launch a Keychain Access window.

Locate and double click the icon entitled Keychain access.

When someone forgets his/her password and is forced to utilize other means to reset it (See FAQ entitled: How do I reset a Mac OS X System Administrator (root) Password?), he/she will no longer be able to use any keychain that had a password bound to the lost password. A default keychain binds to an Administrator password upon creation and will continue to update when the Administrator password is updated via the Accounts menu.