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Sounds like the user account is messed up due to the Keychain issues as well.

All using my regular password and username combo (the same one I had in Yosemite) However, some things are now not working.

Notably, some software (specifically centrify express) will not install with my password (I am the admin user, and it is my computer); my username appears, but is greyed out, and, rather than asking for a password, the installer asks for a PIN.

Also, I am unable to unlock the system keychain in Keychain Access, and am further unable to show the passwords for anything saved there (eg, my wifi passwords), or delete anything.

Every time I try to unlock the system keychain, or modify it, I get the same window with a greyed out username (my username) and a request for the PIN, not the password.

I had no trouble accessing this keychain in Yosemite using my password (and my username was not greyed out).

I never set any PIN on this computer, dont know what it is, and dont know why the system is asking for one.

I did get this computer from a friend, and thought maybe it was asking for his password; I tried it, and that was not the solution.

I dont know whether this is relevant, but, there was another apple ID account in the app store when I installed sierra.

I logged in as myself, using my apple ID, when I did the install, but it was clear that there was another account present.

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In addition, when I logged in after installing sierra, I initially could not update anything in the app store because it wanted the login info for this other, previous apple ID; I was eventually able to get around this, and am now logged into the app store under my apple ID.

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Its new owner must purchase them from the Mac App Store using his or her own Apple ID.

If the Mac was acquired from a previous user and not fully wiped then it might also relate to the previous owners Apple ID.

I cant change trust settings for sites I need to access because it asks for a PIN instead of a password - Im an admin, bought the computer new and never set a PIN.

Randomly it will ask for a password not a PIN and I can make updates but not when I seem to need it most.

I usually am asked for a password when I am trying to install software, but right now I am trying to install a specific program and keep getting asked for a PIN I dont have.

In this dialog box my name is prefilled and grayed out, so it can not be changed and there is a second box where normally the password is entered, but this time it demands a PIN.

Apple Support, please address this, this is a major problem.

They wont answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change.

If enough people send feedback, it may get the problemsuggested change solved sooner.

Or perhaps when Two-Factor Authentication kicks in such as when Ive changed my Apple ID password and Im logging on to iCloud services for the first time on this Mac.

The other PIN prompt is from the Mac being locked via iCloud Find my Mac but that wont even let you boot without the PIN code and this doesnt sound like that scenario at all.

The iCloud PIN Two-Factor authentication login pops up and asks for a 6 digit PIN and there are 6 little boxes for each digit.

The PIN code is typically sent via SMS Text Message to your iPhone.

Mac High Sierra Password Required For Saving To Hard Drive