chaining AUTH methods -- adding GoogleAuthenticator 2nd Factor to pubkey auth? can't get the GA prompt :-/

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Thu Dec 18 18:00:16 EST 2014


On Thu, 18 Dec 2014, Robert Pendell wrote:

> Based on what I've seen the reason is because SSH is handling pub-key
> auth and bypasses PAM for it.  Google Authenticator however is done
> via PAM so it only works for keyboard interactive logins.

No, this isn't correct. Pubkey authentication doesn't bypass PAM
in any way that would affect other authentication methods.



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