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--- 2fa [2024/05/03 17:25] – -formatting, condense hogwild
+++ 2fa [2024/05/03 18:01] – hogwild
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 ====== Setting up 2FA for SSH using GoogleAuthenticator ======
-[FIXME] This is simply content taken from the following forum thread: \\ [[https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/howto-set-up-2fa-openssh-with-google-authenticator.78183/#post-345032]]
+This is content taken from the following forum thread: \\ [[https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/howto-set-up-2fa-openssh-with-google-authenticator.78183/#post-345032]]
-These are simple configuration notes. This is not intended to be a complete HOWTO.
+These are simple configuration notes and are not intended to be a complete HOWTO.
-\\
 This setup uses openssh with google-authenticator as 2-Factor Authentication. Only the root user is supported.
-Prerequisites : - setup entware (not covered here) \\
  \\
+Prerequisite: Install/setup entware. This is not covered here. <Link?> \\
+ \\ First, we install openssh-server and google-authenticator:
     opkg install openssh-server-pam google-authenticator-libpam
-(hopefully this should cover all the dependencies) - enable openssh server (not covered here)
+Hopefully this will include all dependencies. \\
-now the configs:
+ \\
+Next, we enable openssh-server . This is not covered here. <Link?> \\  \\
-/opt/etc/init.d/S39pre_ssh
+Next, we configure the correct settings in configuration file /opt/etc/init.d/S39pre_ssh : \\  \\
     #!/bin/sh
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     exit 0
-this new service needs to be enabled at boot-time as well
+ \\
+The new service must be enabled at boot time as well:
-/opt/etc/ssh/sshd_config (only what's changed from the default - I believe)
+/opt/etc/ssh/sshd_config (most likely only what's changed from the default)
     Port 2222 # to be changed if desired

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