APPLYGNUPGDEFAULTS(8) GNU Privacy Guard 2.4 APPLYGNUPGDEFAULTS(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

**applygnupgdefaults** - Run gpgconf --apply-defaults for all users.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**applygnupgdefaults**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is a legacy script. Modern application should use the per component global configuration files under ‘*/etc/gnupg/*’.

This script is a wrapper around **gpgconf** to run it with the command **--apply-defaults** for all real users with an existing GnuPG home directory. Admins might want to use this script to update he GnuPG configuration files for all users after ‘*/etc/gnupg/gpgconf.conf*’ has been changed. This allows enforcing certain policies for all users. Note, that this is not a bulletproof way to force a user to use certain options. A user may always directly edit the configuration files and bypass gpgconf.

**applygnupgdefaults** is invoked by root as:

```
applygnupgdefaults
```

2025-12-30 GnuPG 2.4.9

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Document: applygnupgdefaults(8) from gnupg-fips 2.4.9-r11 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg