#1049435 gpg-agent (2.2.40-1.1) pinentry program doesn't respect no-grab option set in the gpg-agent.conf file

Package:
pinentry-gnome3
Source:
pinentry-gnome3
Description:
GNOME 3 PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for GnuPG
Submitter:
Forever Jekyll
Date:
2025-04-13 05:42:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1049435#5
Date:
2023-08-15 18:51:09 UTC
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On Debian Sid gpg-agent (2.2.40-1.1) pinentry program grabs the keyboard
and mouse and once that happens, user is unable to switch the windows
using either keyboard or mouse. This can be especially annoying if you
have the password stored in a password-manager as you won't be able to
switch/open the password-manager application. The following options are
set in the `~/.gnupg/gpg.conf` file,

`use-agent`
`no-grab`

Still the pinentry program always grabs the focus and locks the keyboard
and mouse. Pinentry is set to pinentry-gnome3.

Window Manager being used is openbox (3.6.1-11 and others).