servycompu

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I have a question. I am clear that if a user loses his phone, and in your account have activated 2FA. I as root can enter to WHM and can disable that user in 2FA, so that user can reconfigure on another phone 2FA.
My question is, if I activate the 2FA for the root account and the phone is lost or decomposes as I can reconfigure the 2FA, because I will not have access to WHM with root?
2FA can generated backup codes, for this case for example, That I can backup any form?
Or there is another way to reset the root acces in case of lost or damaged the phone that has the root account 2FA.

Thanks.
 

cPanelMichael

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My question is, if I activate the 2FA for the root account and the phone is lost or decomposes as I can reconfigure the 2FA, because I will not have access to WHM with root?
2FA can generated backup codes, for this case for example, That I can backup any form?
Or there is another way to reset the root acces in case of lost or damaged the phone that has the root account 2FA.
Hello,

Two-Factor authentication is utilized for the login interface of cPanel & WHM. You can still access the system via SSH as "root" without using the configured Two-Factor authentication feature. The following thread explains how to disable it from the command line if necessary:

Disable Two Factor Authentication through Command Line

Thank you.