gpa − graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard
gpa [OPTION(S)] [FILE(S)]
The GNU Privacy Assistant (GPA) is a graphical user interface for the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG).
gpa can be used to encrypt, decrypt, and sign files, to verify signatures and to manage the private and public keys.
−c, −−clipboard
Open the clipboard. This is the default action if no arguments are given and a key has already been created.
−C, −−card
Start with the card-manager open.
−d, −−daemon
Only start the UI server and no user interface.
−−no-remote
Do not connect to a running instance but start a new one. This can also be used to not start an UI server.
−−debug-edit-fsm
Debug the Finite State Machine (FSM).
−−disable−ticker
Disable ticker used for card operations.
−−disable-x509
Disable support for X.509.
−−enable-logging
Enable logging on Win32 systems.
−f, −−files
Start with the file-manager open. This is the default if one or more FILE(S) are added to the command arguments.
−k, −−keyring
Start with the keyring editor. This is the default for a new installation.
−o, −−options=FILE
Read options from the specified file instead of ~/.gnupg/gpa.conf.
−s, −−settings
Open the settings dialog.
−v, −−version
Print version information and exit.
−−help−gtk
Print options related to GTK. See also gtk-options(7).
−?, −−help, −−help−all
Print usage information and exit.
~/.gnupg/gpa.conf
Standard user configuration file read by gpa on startup.
~/.gnupg/S.uiserver
Socket listening for commands to the UI server.
Please report bugs to http://bugs.gnupg.org/.
gpa was mainly written by Bernhard Herzog, Marcus Brinkmann, Miguel Coca, and Werner Koch. See the help menu and http://gitstats.gnupg.org/gpa/authors.html for a detailed list.
This manual page was written by Arthur de Jong <adejong AT debian DOT org> and Daniel Leidert <daniel DOT leidert AT wgdd DOT de> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).