diff options
| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2021-11-13 13:46:19 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2021-11-13 13:56:40 +0000 |
| commit | dd708f60d5cf571bd4f0312c1b291ec93c328047 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c8effa30247ff0e5bd8289c16b4a56cf03b7aac /doc/gpg-agent.texi | |
| parent | doc: Clarify the "ntds" AKL mechanism. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-dd708f60d5cf571bd4f0312c1b291ec93c328047.tar.gz gnupg-dd708f60d5cf571bd4f0312c1b291ec93c328047.zip | |
agent,dirmngr: New option --steal-socket
* agent/gpg-agent.c (oStealSocket): New.
(opts): Add option.
(steal_socket): New file global var.
(main): Set option.
(create_server_socket): Implement option.
* dirmngr/dirmngr.c (oStealSocket): New.
(opts): Add option.
(steal_socket): New file global var.
(main): Set option. Add comment to eventually implement it.
--
Note that --steal-socket has currently no effect on dirmngr because
dirmngr does this anway.
Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg-agent.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg-agent.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index f20d83384..6c2330dc6 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ Pinentry. As of now it is only useful when used along with Don't detach the process from the console. This is mainly useful for debugging. +@item --steal-socket +@opindex steal-socket +In @option{--daemon} mode, gpg-agent detects an already running +gpg-agent and does not allow to start a new instance. This option can +be used to override this check: the new gpg-agent process will try to +take over the communication sockets from the already running process +and start anyway. This option should in general not be used. + + @item -s @itemx --sh @itemx -c |