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I've recently restored my MacBook Pro 2011 to a new machine. Things are generally getting back to working order, running 10.13.3. However, when I use ssh I am being asked for my passphrase each time.

I have tried to use macOS keeps asking my ssh passphrase since I updated to Sierra and looked up existing passphrase using https://superuser.com/a/1140285/657663 without success. Tried changing the passphrase, but I still get $ ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa Enter passphrase for /Users/myuser/.ssh/id_rsa: Bad passphrase, try again for /Users/myuser/.ssh/id_rsa:

Suggestions?

Joe Murray
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    Is the problem that it asks you for the passphrase each time, or that it does this and you don't know the passphrase? – Autumnal Mar 07 '18 at 23:35
  • Objective is to make it so I never am asked for passphrase. Current hurdle to solving this is that the passphrase entered for ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa that I retrieve for ~/.ssh/id_rsa from Keychain Access app doesn't work. – Joe Murray Mar 07 '18 at 23:44
  • So have you been able to successfully use id_rsa without the agent at all/ have the passphrase somewhere else? – Autumnal Mar 08 '18 at 00:27
  • I've not been successful since restoring the system in ssh'ing in using my id_rsa to servers where it used to work. I am asked for the id_rsa passphrase, I provide one, it then asks for my user's linux password for the server I am ssh'ing to. :( – Joe Murray Mar 08 '18 at 00:33

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