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Stop OSX saving SSH private key password

01 January 2013

When logging in to a server via SSH using a private key with a password, OSX saves your password. The next time you try to login it will not prompt you for your password. To disable this behaviour simply run this command:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent.plist

Hat tip to mr_dbr on reddit for this.