From c9f0de0598a6b47412ecdf2bb8931b8e1d4dcab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergio Pieiga Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:52:10 +0000 Subject: make a note to highlight 2FA needs time sync'd [ci skip] --- doc/user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file 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/ -- cgit v1.2.1