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NAME

       pinentry-gtk-2 - PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG

SYNOPSIS

       pinentry-gtk-2 [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       pinentry-gtk-2 is a program that allows for secure entry of PINs or pass phrases.  That means it tries to
       take care that the entered information is not swapped to  disk  or  temporarily  stored  anywhere.   This
       functionality  is  particularly  useful  for entering pass phrases when using encryption software such as
       GnuPG or e-mail clients using the same.  It uses an open protocol and is therefore not tied to particular
       software.

       pinentry-gtk-2  implements  a  PIN  entry  dialog  using the GTK+ tool kit version 2, so it is especially
       suitable for users of GNOME.  If the X Window System is not active then an alternative  text-mode  dialog
       will be used.  There are other flavors that implement PIN entry dialogs using other tool kits.

       pinentry-gtk-2  is typically used internally by gpg-agent.  Users don't normally have a reason to call it
       directly.

OPTIONS

       --version
              Print the program version and licensing information.

       --help Print a usage message summarizing the most useful command-line options.

       --debug, -d
              Turn on some debugging.  Mostly useful for the maintainers.  Note that this may  reveal  sensitive
              information like the entered pass phrase.

       --enhanced, -e
              Ask for timeouts and insurance, too.  Note that this is currently not fully supported.

       --no-global-grab, -g
              Grab  the keyboard only when the window is focused.  Use this option if you are debugging software
              using pinentry-gtk-2; otherwise you may not be able to to access your X  session  anymore  (unless
              you have other means to connect to the machine to kill pinentry-gtk-2).

       --parent-wid N
              Use  window  ID  N  as the parent window for positioning the window.  Note, that this is not fully
              supported by all flavors of pinentry.

       --display STRING, --ttyname STRING, --ttytype STRING, --lc-type STRING, --lc-messages STRING
              These options are used to pass localization information  to  pinentry-gtk-2.   They  are  required
              because  pinentry-gtk-2  is  usually  called  by  some  background process which does not have any
              information on the locale and terminal to use.  Assuan protocol options are an alternative way  to
              pass these information.

SEE ALSO

       pinentry-curses(1), pinentry-qt(1), pinentry-gnome3(1), pinentry-tty(1), gpg(1), gpg-agent(1)

       The full documentation for pinentry-gtk-2 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the pinentry-doc package
       is installed, the command

              info pinentry

       should give you access to the complete manual.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Peter Eisentraut for the Debian project.

                                                   27 Jan 2005                                 PINENTRY-GTK-2(1)