Multiple Instances of gpg-agent

[Ludwig Hügelschäfer]

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Jason French wrote on 05.01.10 21:45:
> Despite having near identical configurations between my work and home
> iMacs, I've noticed that at home it's not unusual to see 15 to 30
> instances of gpg-agent processes open. I've been unable to remedy the
> situation, probably caused by my home iMac being around longer and
> suffering from multiple installs of GPGMail
> <http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/English.lproj/GPGMail.html>,
> MacGPG, MacGPG2, and Enigmail.
> 
> My understanding is that it retains secret keys. Is there anyway to
> find out what keeps invoking so many instances of gpg-agent? I was
> unable to find anything in the email archives.

First, please have a look in
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.sourceforge.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist

Is there more multiple entries? Remove all but one, if yes.

Second, have a look into your Start Objects (which are opened at login).
Are there multiple entries for "start-gpg-agent"? Remove all but one.

This should get your gpg installation working again.

Ludwig
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