Apple Keychain First Aid 1.0

is available for download but not via the Software Update preference panel. "The Keychain First Aid utility enables you to verify or repair your keychain configuration. Use Keychain First Aid to fix the following issues:

- Under some circumstances, changes to a user's .Mac password might not be retained in the .Mac tab of the Internet preference pane. Please refer to Knowledge Base article 107097 for more information.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107097>

- Addresses an issue where Mail and iChat could continue to prompt users for their password after saving it in the keychain.

- Resolves an issue where a user could be unexpectedly prompted to unlock the keychain after changing account information or home directory location.

- Fixes a potential issue where duplicate Mail passwords could appear in the keychain. Please refer to Knowledge Base article 106546 for more information.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106546>

- Fixes an issue where multiple references to the same keychain could appear in the Keychain Access application.

- Addresses a potential issue where applications are unable to retrieve items from a keychain file located on a network volume.

- Fixes an issue where saved passwords could not be read if they were created or modified by certain pre-release versions of Jaguar.

- Fixes an issue where a Keychain dialog can sometimes prompt for permission to decrypt a "(null)" item.

[Dana Baggett]