SSH Key - Still asking for password and passphrase

Question

I\'ve been somewhat \'putting up\' with Github always asking for my username and password when I clone a repository. I want to bypass this step because it is an annoyance w

Answer 1

On Mac OSX you can add your private key to the keychain using the command:

ssh-add -K /path/to/private_key

If your private key is stored at ~/.ssh and is named id_rsa:

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

You will then be prompted for your password, which will be stored in your keychain.

Edit - Handle restart

In order to not have to fill in your password even after a restart add the following to your ssh configuration file (commonly located at ~/.ssh/config)

Host *
  UseKeychain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa