Hey all,
I'm using ssh via the terminal with a private key that has a passphrase. Everytime I invoke the ssh command, I get a Keychain dialog for the passphrase but it doesn't store the value despite checking the remember checkbox. The keychain dialog keeps propping up. I'm on Lion 10.7.2. Passwords for other apps such as Mail, Safari, etc. are working fine.
Thanks.
Normally, that implies that your target machine doesn't accept stored passwords from the keychain and requires you to resubmit the password. Most financial sites do that. Can't be that difficult to reenter in order to tunnel to the target machine.😉
Thanks for the reply! Is it possible to have the target machine accept keychain passwords? The target also runs Lion 10.7.2. Its the inbuilt remote login option from system settings.
That's way beyond my ken. Pose that query to the Lion Server forums and see if one of those mavens can provide a work-around. IMO, it's not worth the effort, since you shouldn't be doing that kind of stuff on a routine basis.
The target machine has nothing to do with it. The private key is stored on your local Mac. Try running this command:
ssh-add -K
If it works, you should only have to do it once.
Just tried doing that but doesn't work. Still keeps asking for the passphrase.
Also, when I go into Keychain, I can see my private key file added there.
Hi,
I have the same Problem. It worked flawlessly until upgrading from 10.6 to 10.7 (IIRC). I tried a number of things, none helped, hence I think this is a bug.
I hope it will be resolved in 10.7.3.
Nope -- still seems to be broken in 10.7.3. Quite annoying.
I have been having the same issue with 10.6.8 and I could not figure out why. Finally I found this post on Apple Stack Echange and it fixed the issue for me, you need to add the remote public corresponding key i.e. mykey.pub to your local /.ssh directory.
It makes no sense at all but fixed it for me, I have been plagued by this for weeks. I should also note that I tried a brand new clean install of 10.8.1 and had the same issue so that's when I knew something was terribly wrong.
Thanks, highrockmedia! Adding the public key fixed the issue for me.
Keychain not storing ssh key passphrase
