auth-otp(8)

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💅 auth-otp — the manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to the auth-otp(8) page 💖 this one lives in the System Manager's Manual, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's an icon.

🌸 NAME 🌸

auth-otp — generate HOTP/TOTP secrets for the mod_auth_otp ProFTPD module ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

auth-otp

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. no arguments, no flags required, she just works 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the tea is: the auth-otp command is literally the way you generate the initial HOTP or TOTP secrets that the mod_auth_otp ProFTPD module is gonna use 🔐 like, you run this, you get a secret, you hand that secret to mod_auth_otp, and boom — two-factor vibes unlocked. main character security energy fr fr 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — shows you a short usage description, and yes it includes all the available options, so if you're lost just hit this one first 🫶
  • -q, --quiet — only spits out the generated secret. nothing else. no extra chatter, no garnish. just the secret, periodt 🤫
  • -v, --verbose — gives you extra info while she's generating secrets, so you can watch the whole process happen 👀

📁 FILES 📁

  • /usr/local/sbin/auth-otp

that's where she lives, that's her home 🏠

👑 AUTHORS 👑

ProFTPD is written and maintained by a whole bunch of people — the full credits are over at http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html 🌈 so much love to everyone who contributed, no cap 💜

ngl there's nothing dangerous in this one, bestie — it just makes secrets. keep them safe though, a leaked secret is not the vibe 😭

and that's the whole page!! this was the auth-otp(8) manual from January 2016, bestie — short, sweet, and lowkey iconic 🎀💖 slay, stay secure, and go generate some secrets 🦋✨

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