git: osxkeychain credential helper silently fails to remember username/password
Edit ~/.ssh/config
and add UseKeychain yes
to every host you want the Keychain to remember the password for.
For example, if you are trying to do this for GitHub:
Host github.com IdentityFile ~/.ssh/your_github_cert_rsa UseKeychain yes
If you want to enable it for every host, just add:
Host * UseKeychain yes
This is a new requirement, added by Apple on macOS Sierra 10.12.2, you can learn more about it running man ssh_config
in 10.12.2:
UseKeychain On macOS, specifies whether the system should search for passphrases in the user's keychain when attempting to use a par- ticular key. When the passphrase is provided by the user, this option also specifies whether the passphrase should be stored into the keychain once it has been verified to be correct. The argument must be ``yes'' or ``no''. The default is ``no''.
Under Mac OS 10.11, you can check if the keychain is disabled with the variable
KeychainIntegration Specifies whether to enable Keychain support on Mac OS X. If Keychain support is enabled, then passwords for identities can be managed via the Mac OS X Keychain. The value for this keyword must be ``yes'' or ``no''. The default is ``yes''.AskPassGUI Show the system password prompt