pinentry {gpg}

Password Entry

Description

Function to prompt the user for a password to read a protected private key.

Usage

pinentry(prompt = "Enter your GPG passphrase:")

Arguments

prompt

the string printed when prompting the user for input.

Details

If available, this function calls the GnuPG pinentry program. However this only works in a terminal. Therefore the IDE can provide a custom password entry widget by setting the askpass option. If no such option is specified we default to readline.