# 2 factor authentication for AIX and Linux Servers

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/2-factor-authentication-for-aix-and-linux-servers/29271>\
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**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/2-factor-authentication-for-aix-and-linux-servers/29271 "2017-01-24T17:24:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![sharfuddin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sharfuddin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sharfuddin)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/2-factor-authentication-for-aix-and-linux-servers/29271/1 "2017-01-24T17:24:01Z")

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a customer invited to propose a solution for 2 factor authentication for  
their IBM AIX and Linux Servers and no more information is given.

anyone here can provide their input that help me propose a solution.

## – sharfuddin

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**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/2-factor-authentication-for-aix-and-linux-servers/29271/2 "2017-01-24T18:24:30Z")

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I saw an e-mail recently talking about how to do this with Google  
Authenticator, though it’s targeting Ubuntu specifically:

[http://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-add-two-factor-authentication-to-linux-with-google-authenticator](http://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-add-two-factor-authentication-to-linux-with-google-authenticator)

The part that does the magic is available in the Open Build Service, and  
can probably be built for any system elsewhere:

[https://software.opensuse.org/package/pam\_google\_authenticator](https://software.opensuse.org/package/pam_google_authenticator)

[https://github.com/google/google-authenticator-libpam](https://github.com/google/google-authenticator-libpam)

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Good luck.

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