Re: How to tell gpg not to start gpg-agent on a remote machines when using gpg agent forwarding

2019-04-04 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 04/04/2019 14:03, Thomas Glanzmann wrote: > Is there a configuration option that I can specify so that gpg gives > up is there is no socket or no agent behind a socket instead of > starting a new agent? From the man page: | --no-autostart | Do not start the gpg-agent or the dirmngr if it

How to tell gpg not to start gpg-agent on a remote machines when using gpg agent forwarding

2019-04-04 Thread Thomas Glanzmann
Hello, I'm using gpg using gpg agent forwarding over ssh on a remote system. Sometimes my agent socket is not available. If I start any gpg operation, it starts a new agent. Is there a configuration option that I can specify so that gpg gives up is there is no socket or no agent behind a socket ins