Using gpg-agent on freebsd

[Gerard]

On Thursday March 08, 2007 at 10:19:27 (PM) Joe Vender wrote:

> I'm using FreeBSD 6.2
> 
> I've been tinkering with using gpg-agent for GnuPG passphrase caching when 
> using Kmail. I have been able to get it working as per the instructions at
> http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/gnupg-kmail.php
> for starting the daemon when entering KDE. But, I want to start gpg-agent when 
> the sytem starts and I login to console mode (not just when I enter KDE), and 
> I want Kmail to use the agent for GnuPG usage. Could someone please describe 
> to me the details of the steps that I need to take and the file modifications 
> that I need to make for this to work.
> 
> Again, I want the gpg-agent to be up and running when I login to the console, 
> also when I log into KDE, I want Kmail to use the agent. The way I log into 
> KDE is to first login to the console via a limited user account, then do sudo 
> kdm and log into KDE using the same limited user account. I have root login 
> disabled for both console and KDE. I've read the instructions for using a 
> ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession to start the gpg-agent daemon when logging into 
> kde, but I have neither file in my home directory, and anyway want the daemon 
> running upon entering console mode login, i.e., running always and only one 
> gpg-agent process running at any given time. Please CC my email address with 
> any responses. Thanks very much for suggestions. FreeBSD rocks!

Read 'man gpg-agent'. It has a script that may very well be exactly what
you want.

-- 
Gerard