Disable "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox?

Can we disable the "Remember this password in my keychain" question and checkbox?
When mounting another computer's drive in network, we want the password to be entered manually, so that an unauthorized operator cannot mount the other computer.
But the "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox comes up, and one of our authorized users, having entered the password from his memory, may, in fact often has, inadvertently, or through lack of knowledge, checked that box. (Sometimes that box may even be checked by default?) From then on, any user of the computer can mount the other computer. The password's value is destroyed. This question and checkbox seem to violate basic security logic, and seemingly should be able to be turned off.
Can we disable that "Remember this password in my keychain" checkbox?
As an alternative, can we just disable the keychain, perhaps by locking it? We use it very little in our operation.
A solution that seems too complicated and likely wrong way to do it is suggested at:
http://serverfault.com/questions/37278/how-to-block-finders-remember-this-passwo rd-on-client-computers

Hi Packwood and BD,
This is a very interesting subject, and one I would be interested in hearing about your solution.
There has been a recent thread on the Discussions about multi-platform home networking and having to "remember" the userid-password to get the machines to communicate.
On the other hand, where I spend my daytime hours, the installed base is Windows machines and the IT and computer security folks have not found a way to disable remember password. That is handled as an administrative issue by making it a security violation to check the remember box on any software, especially Internet Explorer. Repercussions for security violations are not nice, but still the users have to be trusted to obey the rules on this.
So, I would be interested in what you end up with that takes things out of the user's hands.
Ralph

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Look in your Keychain for a password related to your network. Use Keychain Access. It is located in the /Applications/Utilities folder. If there is a network entry in the "System" keychain for your personal WPA2 network, delete it. If not there, are you absolutely positively certain that WPA2 is currently active on your wireless gateway? Does your home network show up under the Airport menubar item with a padlock? On 10.6, and probably 10.5, too, if you option-click on the Airport menubar item, the security algorithm will be shown for the network to which you are currently affiliated (also, if you hover your mouse over other in-range network names, you will get a popup that shows their security algorithms).
To answer your other question, storing passwords in your keychain for things like your wireless network or your email passwords versus not storing them there -- well, they are as secure as your user login password on your computer in conjunction with how secure the computer is physically. From a security standpoint, you are probably at a bigger risk having your network hacked if you have a weak password - or encryption is inadvertently turned off altogether so you have an open network when you think it's running WPA2. Or inadvertently set to WEP which has been demonstrated to be hacked in like 40 seconds with programs available on the internet (e.g., aircrack). Many routers come with a pretty strong WPA2 password preset for you right out of the box. Also, if you don't need to turn on Sharing Services (e.g., file sharing, screen sharing, remote login, etc.), then don't turn 'em on.

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Normally when you install Firefox this feature is turned on by default. You can check the status in the Options dialog:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Security tab
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* [[Password manager - Remember, delete and change saved passwords in Firefox]]
* [[Use a Master Password to protect stored logins and passwords]]
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Hello,
I have a MBP running 10.6 and an imac running 10.5.
Everything is on a Time Capsule network.
I have two separate logins on the MBP and just one on the imac.
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