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| author | Job van der Voort <job@gitlab.com> | 2015-08-19 10:27:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Job van der Voort <job@gitlab.com> | 2015-08-19 10:27:03 +0000 |
| commit | 3659d3b5c6eb645756b3df79a22471f8695f133b (patch) | |
| tree | 5426364e53fc50d4e72e891e5bb5ef051edf7cff | |
| parent | 72a425fa6656b397feb6c4d5bfec7b251cf2675d (diff) | |
| parent | b04914ab4629be1af093736725e43bf5586a092e (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-3659d3b5c6eb645756b3df79a22471f8695f133b.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'security' into 'master'
Added note about backing up recovery codes
Several people have tried to recover their 2FA codes. I think we could be more clear about it in the docs.
This is why I added a section about it at the top, so they read it before enabling them.
https://twitter.com/deathgreps/status/632006221814464512
https://twitter.com/benniemosher/status/633768429313372160
See merge request !1923
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diff --git a/doc/profile/two_factor_authentication.md b/doc/profile/two_factor_authentication.md index f60ce35d3e2..a0e23c1586c 100644 --- a/doc/profile/two_factor_authentication.md +++ b/doc/profile/two_factor_authentication.md @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ your phone. By enabling 2FA, the only way someone other than you can log into your account is to know your username and password *and* have access to your phone. +#### Note +When you enable 2FA, don't forget to back up your recovery codes. For your safety, if you +lose your codes for GitLab.com, we can't disable or recover them. + ## Enabling 2FA **In GitLab:** |