disable/prevent start of gpg-agent service?

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:48, gnupg-users at gnupg.org said:

> Can I disable this service?

No, it is an important component of gnupg.  It handles the private keys
and caches the passphrases.

> Can I de-install this service permanently?

No.

> I need gnupg only occasionally for on-demand en-/de-cryption.

If you really need to remove that process, run

  gpgconf --kill gpg-agent

it will be restarted as needed.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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