Keychain will not reveal password

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When I click on the reveal password window pop up and shows username and then you must enter password. Fine then new window open and ask for "Administrator name and password to allow this, I enter my Admin username and password which are the same as the login username and password but it will not Allow it, so I have to click on the "Deny" button.
Does OS X Yosmite have a different username and password?
 

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I'm not sure what you're doing, but when I open "Keychain Access", "Passwords", I can double click on an item to show the password. It will then ask me for my administrator password. Once I enter that, the password appears.
 
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When I open Keychain is click on "System" and then under "Category" I click on Passwords.

Under "Name" I click on the item (autofill) such as Wi-Fi network "Kind" Airport once I open the pop up window it want my Admin user and password - it will not accept my correct Admin user name and password - I know for sure I am entering the correct user name and password since it is my Login username and password setup under Users - Any idea will help.

I can get passwords in Keychain under "Login" with no problem
 

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I know for sure I am entering the correct user name and password since it is my Login username and password setup under Users - Any idea will help.
Are you an admin user? If not, that might explain the issue here.
 

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