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-rw-r--r--agent/gpg-agent.c16
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg-agent.texi5
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/agent/gpg-agent.c b/agent/gpg-agent.c
index 4dda44cae..d3f203b13 100644
--- a/agent/gpg-agent.c
+++ b/agent/gpg-agent.c
@@ -1050,12 +1050,28 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
opt.extra_socket = 1; /* (1 = points into r/o section) */
socket_name_extra = GPG_AGENT_EXTRA_SOCK_NAME;
}
+ else if (socket_name_extra
+ && (!strcmp (socket_name_extra, "none")
+ || !strcmp (socket_name_extra, "/dev/null")))
+ {
+ /* User requested not to create this socket. */
+ opt.extra_socket = 0;
+ socket_name_extra = NULL;
+ }
if (! opt.browser_socket)
{
opt.browser_socket = 1; /* (1 = points into r/o section) */
socket_name_browser = GPG_AGENT_BROWSER_SOCK_NAME;
}
+ else if (socket_name_browser
+ && (!strcmp (socket_name_browser, "none")
+ || !strcmp (socket_name_browser, "/dev/null")))
+ {
+ /* User requested not to create this socket. */
+ opt.browser_socket = 0;
+ socket_name_browser = NULL;
+ }
set_debug ();
diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
index 8d86add74..0bb7db287 100644
--- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
@@ -537,8 +537,9 @@ pinentry to pop up at the @code{tty} or display you started the agent.
@anchor{option --extra-socket}
@item --extra-socket @var{name}
@opindex extra-socket
-The extra socket is always created, you may use this option to change
-the name of the socket.
+The extra socket is created by default, you may use this option to
+change the name of the socket. To disable the creation of the socket
+use ``none'' or ``/dev/null'' for @var{name}.
Also listen on native gpg-agent connections on the given socket. The
intended use for this extra socket is to setup a Unix domain socket