Two Factor Authentication

I'm curious to know if anyone has encountered any problems with enabling two-factor authentication on their WHM for cPanel access by customers. Also, does this inhibit the use of Filezilla FTP?

 

OK. I found a link and have it setup / working on WHM as well as my own cPanel. However, it appears that you can only setup one two-factor authentication on each cPanel. Is that correct? The reason I feel you need the ability to add two different authentication is in the event that your phone is stolen or lost. If that situation happened, what would be your recovery options?

 

Infopro,

I know how to remove it.

My question was concerning having multiple two-factor authentications. I manage all of my clients websites. However, some of them do log into the cPanel to check logs and manage email accounts. If I have two-factor authentication setup on cPanel with my Google Authenticator, how can they log in if they are not setup for Google Authentication?

 

cPanelMichael,

As the warden said in "Cook Hand Luke", "What we have here is a failure to communicate!".

I know how to setup two-factor authentication as I've been using it for years. I followed the previous link, enabled it for WHM/cPanel, set it up on my WHM panel, tested and works, set it up on my own website cPanel, tested and works, both with my Google Authenticator on my 'smart' phone.

So let's get that out of the way.

My question was very clear. I will typically have two people able to access the cPanel. My client and me. However, I see no setup to allow multiple two-factor authentication like I have with Joomla where some administrator panel users can have two-factor enabled but front-end access does not require it.

So by your response, "Are you saying that all anyone needs is a Google Authenticator to use the two-factor for a single cPanel setup?". I don't think that will work because my Google Authenticator is 'linked' to the cPanel two-factor setup and not my clients Google Authenticator.

So back to my question, "How can both my client and I use two-factor authentication on a cPanel?".

You probably have a simple answer which will make me feel like a simpleton but I would like a clear answer anyway.

 

infoPro,

No. There is one login for every cPanel that I manage.

I went to the link you outlined and there is no 'Switch Account' option, only a 'Switch Theme' which I'm pretty sure you were not referring to. In my WHM / Server Configuration / Tweak Settings, Accounts that can access a cPanel user account is set to 'Root, Account-Owner, and cPanel User' which is the default.

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So why am I not getting a 'Switch Account' option?

 

InfoPro and cPanelMichael,

I logged into my cPanel directly for my root domain account, went to the dashboard and there was no 'Switch Account'. So I logged into my WHM, went to list accounts, clicked the cPanel link for my root domain account, went to the dashboard and there it was 'Switch Account'. To be honest, I had been using the original template, now called 'Retro' which does not have the 'Switch Account' feature. Now that I have moved to the Paper Lantern on all of my clients cPanel, it does display if I go in via my WHM panel, even on other clients cPanels, not just the root. Nice to know. Now I can just log into a cPanel via WHM and change the cPanel account to whatever client I'm working on while still having their own 2FA setup. Very Nice!!!

Thanks for explaining this. Even old dog's can learn new tricks.