How do I remove SSH key passphrases from being remembered by Mac OS?

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard).

I accidentally selected the "remember password in my keychain" option when providing the ssh private key passphrase when connecting to a remote server.

Now, when I ssh to the server (even after reboots) it never prompts for the passphrase. How do I get it to prompt me again?

-M

1 Answer

Open up Keychain Access (in /Applications/Utilities/), locate the SSH key (try typing SSH into the search box), right click and choose "Delete".

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