Using GPG Agent on OS-X

gistfile1.txt

launchctl unload -w -S Aqua /System/Library/LaunchAgents/gpg.agent.daemon.plist
launchctl load -w -S Aqua /System/Library/LaunchAgents/gpg.agent.daemon.plist

gpg-agent.conf

use-standard-socket
enable-ssh-support
default-cache-ttl 14400
max-cache-ttl 86400
#pinentry-program /usr/local/bin/pinentry-mac
log-file /var/log/gpg-agent.log
write-env-file /Users/remco/.gnupg/gpg-agent-info
pinentry-program /usr/local/MacGPG2/libexec/pinentry-mac.app/Contents/MacOS/pinentry-mac

gpg.agent.daemon.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
            <key>Label</key>
            <string>gpg.agent.daemon</string>
            <key>ProgramArguments</key>
            <array>
                <string>/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin/gpg-agent</string>
                <string>--daemon</string>
                <string>--options</string>
                <string>/Users/remco/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf</string>
                <string>--enable-ssh-support</string>
                <string>--log-file</string>
                <string>/var/log/gpg-agent.log</string>
                <string>--write-env-file</string>
                <string>/Users/remco/.gnupg/gpg-agent-info</string>
            </array>
            <key>Sockets</key>
            <dict>
                    <key>Listeners</key>
                    <dict>
                            <key>SecureSocketWithKey</key>
                            <string>SSH_AUTH_SOCK</string>
                    </dict>
            </dict>
            <key>StandardOutPath</key>
            <string>/var/log/gpg-agent.stdout.log</string>
            <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
            <string>/var/log/gpg-agent.error.log</string>
            <!--
            <key>RunAtLoad</key>
            <true/>
            <key>EnableTransactions</key>
            <true/>
            -->
            <key>Umask</key>
            <integer>63</integer>
    </dict>
</plist>

Does anyone succeeded interchanging ssh-agent with gpg-agent on MacOS(High Sierra here). How would you guys set globally the SSH_AUTH_SOCK env var? Tried it with launchctl setenv:

$ launchctl setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK ${HOME}/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh
$ launchctl getenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/Users/drew/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh

But then:

$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.IjNASGcnxM/Listeners

So it seems like the variable set with launchd is ignored...

@drew-kun You'd need to start a new shell that doesn't overwrite that env var, IIRC.

     setenv key value
              Specify an environment variable to be set on all future processes launched by launchd in the
              caller's context.

Confirming the first post still works on Mojave.

Totally outdated. It doesn't work at all.

it doesn't work for me