codesign wants to access key "access" in your bunch of keys

Code Signing Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
runner242 OP
Created Nov ’17
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Hi,

my apps run on the iOSSimulator without problems and used to run on devices as well, but after updating to latest XCode-Version I am getting the above error message when trying to run an app on my iPhone 7. It says :


"codesign wants to access key "access" in your bunch of keys . To allow this enter your password".


... but my apple-Developer-ID-Password doesn't work.


And until updating to latest XCode-Version I never had any problems with codesign when running an app on iPhone device.


Any hints what's going wrong ?


XCode Version 9.1 (9B55)

iOS Version 11.1.2 (15B202)

Latest High Sierra Version, macbook Pro 2015

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red_menace OP
Nov ’17

The new Xcode probably just needs to reauthorize access to your signing certificate. The password for your keychain is normally your user's password (the one you use to log in on your computer).

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runner242 OP
Nov ’17

Unfortunately it is not the user's password. It would have been easy, if it was.... Fact is, that I even do not have etablished a bunch of keys in my system properties on my macbook, I do not know, why XCode suddenly wants to access some key that is called "access".

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runner242 OP
Nov ’17

When this message appears ".... wants access to key access" the window offers three options : Allow always, Deny, Allow. For some reason it did not work when I click on Allow, but it worked when I click on "Allow always". And yes : It's the user's password. Thanks for help.

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pernalin OP
Dec ’17

Unbelievable... but this worked! Thanks @runner242

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LouisDotCom OP
Dec ’17

Thanks. Also, "Allow always" always returns when I re-start Xcode, so far.

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David2e324234 OP
Jan ’18

Thank you so much for your help, I hope Apple will fix this issue soon.

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Piet van Luijt OP
Jun ’18

Thanks very much. It took me hours of annoyance, but the solution is so simple.

So do not make any changes to the keychain, as is told on many sites.

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decemberbaby OP
Oct ’18

I ran into this same problem-- thank you for posting the solution. Filed a bug for Apple.

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wittrock96 OP
Nov ’18

when this message first showed up I had clicked deny to get the pop up to go away, and now I can't get it come back and the build just keeps failing. So is there a way to make the message show up again? I have tried restarting Xcode, but it still doesn't show back up.

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oskarileppaaho OP
Dec ’18

I didn't get the "Always allow" button so the solution didn't work for me. What worked instead was opening "Keychain Access" tool, dragging the keys from under iOS developer (...) to login (dunno if this step was necessary, at least the private key didn't seem to move) and then deleting the iOS developer (...) keychain (right click -> delete).

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turkerkoc OP
Aug ’19

thank you!! this helped me. It take hours to find solution..

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roceller OP
Sep ’19

Wow... I spent an hour trying to get past this. Why would "Allow" NOT work and "Always Allow" work... ohh Apple engineers.

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gdoudou OP
Oct ’19

thanks, same issue resolved with your solution

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quechupios OP
Apr ’20

Thank you soo much!

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narco OP
Apr ’20

Presumably because it is trying to access it multiple times. Either allow one of those times, or all of them.

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