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I need to use Tramp to connect to a server that has 2-factor authentication.

When I log in from the command line or from I get a message asking me to press 1 (and hit enter) which then sends a popup message to my phone asking me to approve the log in.

I can't figure out how to get Tramp to let me interact with the command prompt after it tries to connect. I get a buffer that says "Passcode or option (1-1):" but I can't figure out how to enter a value to have Tramp send back to the server.

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  • That sounds really cool. How is the two-factor authentication done? I'm interested in setting up something myself.
    – PythonNut
    Sep 13, 2015 at 20:38
  • I am using this: duosecurity.com/docs/duounix It works pretty well so far. It's free for the sort of small scale thing I have set up.
    – Rob Donnelly
    Sep 14, 2015 at 4:31

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You'll have to customize the tramp-password-prompt-regexp variable with the second prompt to finish the 2-factor authentication. The remote shell setup part of the manual has a simple example.

This is not a new feature but an old feature that you adapt to the second prompt of the 2-factor authentication. This same facility was used in days of yore for entering some secret date or random number or mother's maiden name.

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    Man, I wish I was around during the days of yore.
    – PythonNut
    Sep 14, 2015 at 0:32

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