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PAM_GOOGLE_AUTHENTICATOR(8) System Manager's Manual PAM_GOOGLE_AUTHENTICATOR(8)

NAME

pam_google_authenticator - PAM module for two-step verification

SYNOPSIS

pam_google_authenticator.so

CAVEATS

The current version requires the existance of ~/.google-authenticator. If the file does not exist for a user, the authentication module will fail. Each user MUST create their secret key with google-authenticator(1) PRIOR TO enabling this module.

When used with sshd remember to edit sshd_config: ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

EXAMPLES

Add this line to /etc/pam.d/<FAVORITESERVICE>:

auth required pam_google_authenticator.so

If needed only for a certain group:

auth [default=1 success=ignore] pam_succeed_if.so quiet user ingroup <group>

auth required pam_google_authenticator.so

SEE ALSO

google-authenticator(1)

http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/ /wiki/PamModuleInstructions

25 Feb 2011