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| author | Sergio Pieiga <sergio.pieiga@gmail.com> | 2017-01-26 14:52:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Sergio Pieiga <sergio.pieiga@gmail.com> | 2017-01-26 14:52:10 +0000 |
| commit | c9f0de0598a6b47412ecdf2bb8931b8e1d4dcab8 (patch) | |
| tree | ea41710b10c2b910d8834a40df645e0ce89672dd /doc/user/profile | |
| parent | b20dc47a3127121751b490cbe782a669e2c82753 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-c9f0de0598a6b47412ecdf2bb8931b8e1d4dcab8.tar.gz | |
make a note to highlight 2FA needs time sync'd [ci skip]
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md b/doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md index 0f959b956a5..df33d54cc26 100644 --- a/doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md +++ b/doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md @@ -207,8 +207,12 @@ after the administrator disables it. ## Note to GitLab administrators -You need to take special care to that 2FA keeps working after -[restoring a GitLab backup](../../../raketasks/backup_restore.md). +- You need to take special care to that 2FA keeps working after +[restoring a GitLab backup](../raketasks/backup_restore.md). + +- To ensure 2FA authorizes correctly with TOTP server, you may want to ensure +your GitLab server's time is synchronized via a service like NTP. Otherwise, +you may have cases where authorization always fails because of time differences. [Google Authenticator]: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en [FreeOTP]: https://fedorahosted.org/freeotp/ |