{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "PINENTRY-CURSES", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PINENTRY-CURSES/1/json", "generated": "2026-06-16T06:23:13Z", "synopsis": "pinentry-curses [OPTION...]", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "pinentry-curses - PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "pinentry-curses [OPTION...]\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "pinentry-curses is a program that allows for secure entry of PINs or pass phrases. That\nmeans it tries to take care that the entered information is not swapped to disk or temporar-\nily stored anywhere. This functionality is particularly useful for entering pass phrases\nwhen using encryption software such as GnuPG or e-mail clients using the same. It uses an\nopen protocol and is therefore not tied to particular software.\n\npinentry-curses implements a PIN entry dialog using the curses tool kit, meaning that it is\nuseful for users working in text mode without the X Window System. There are other flavors\nthat implement PIN entry dialogs that use an X tool kit. If you have installed any of the\nlatter programs then this program is not necessary because the X flavors automatically fall\nback to text mode if X is not active.\n\npinentry-curses is typically used internally by gpg-agent. Users don't normally have a rea-\nson to call it directly.\n", "subsections": [] }, "OPTIONS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "--version", "content": "Print the program version and licensing information.\n\n--help Print a usage message summarizing the most useful command-line options.\n", "long": "--version" }, { "name": "--debug, -d", "content": "Turn on some debugging. Mostly useful for the maintainers. Note that this may reveal\nsensitive information like the entered pass phrase.\n", "flag": "-d", "long": "--debug" }, { "name": "--enhanced, -e", "content": "Ask for timeouts and insurance, too. Note that this is currently not fully supported.\n", "flag": "-e", "long": "--enhanced" }, { "name": "--no-global-grab, -g", "content": "Grab the keyboard only when the window is focused. Use this option if you are debug-\nging software using pinentry-curses; otherwise you may not be able to to access your X\nsession anymore (unless you have other means to connect to the machine to kill pinen-\ntry-curses).\n\n--parent-wid N\nUse window ID N as the parent window for positioning the window. Note, that this is\nnot fully supported by all flavors of pinentry.\n\n--display STRING, --ttyname STRING, --ttytype STRING, --lc-type STRING, --lc-messages STRING\nThese options are used to pass localization information to pinentry-curses. They are\nrequired because pinentry-curses is usually called by some background process which\ndoes not have any information on the locale and terminal to use. Assuan protocol op-\ntions are an alternative way to pass these information.\n", "flag": "-g", "long": "--no-global-grab" } ] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "pinentry-gtk-2(1), pinentry-qt(1), pinentry-fltk(1), pinentry-gnome3(1), pinentry-tty(1),\ngpg(1), gpg-agent(1)\n\nThe full documentation for pinentry-curses is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the pinen-\ntry-doc package is installed, the command\n\ninfo pinentry\n\nshould give you access to the complete manual.\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHOR": { "content": "This manual page was written by Peter Eisentraut for the Debian project.\n\n27 Jan 2005 PINENTRY-CURSES(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "pinentry-curses - PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG", "flags": [ { "flag": "", "long": "--version", "arg": null, "description": "Print the program version and licensing information. --help Print a usage message summarizing the most useful command-line options." }, { "flag": "-d", "long": "--debug", "arg": null, "description": "Turn on some debugging. Mostly useful for the maintainers. Note that this may reveal sensitive information like the entered pass phrase." }, { "flag": "-e", "long": "--enhanced", "arg": null, "description": "Ask for timeouts and insurance, too. Note that this is currently not fully supported." }, { "flag": "-g", "long": "--no-global-grab", "arg": null, "description": "Grab the keyboard only when the window is focused. Use this option if you are debug- ging software using pinentry-curses; 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 pinen- try-curses). --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-curses. They are required because pinentry-curses is usually called by some background process which does not have any information on the locale and terminal to use. Assuan protocol op- tions are an alternative way to pass these information." } ], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "pinentry-gtk-2", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pinentry-gtk-2/1/json" }, { "name": "pinentry-qt", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pinentry-qt/1/json" }, { "name": "pinentry-fltk", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pinentry-fltk/1/json" }, { "name": "pinentry-gnome3", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pinentry-gnome3/1/json" }, { "name": "pinentry-tty", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pinentry-tty/1/json" }, { "name": "gpg", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg/1/json" }, { "name": "gpg-agent", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg-agent/1/json" } ] }