Re: two-factor auth enabling problem

On Friday, February 6th, 2026 at 23:23, Gary Aitken <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Scan this QR code or enter the plain text key into a TOTP app
> (e.g. Google Authenticator, Authy, Duo Mobile) and
> enter the code in the field below to activate two-factor authentication."
[...]
> Somewhat lost here... any help much appreciated
> 
> Gary

I've used Python's "pyotp" to generate TOTP codes
Just copy the secret into a file (say 'redmine.secret')
and then simply do

$ ./totp redmine.secret
506771
$

-- code (file totp, chmod u+x) -----------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/python3
import base64
import pyotp
import sys

with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
        base32encodedsecret = f.readline().strip()
print(pyotp.TOTP(base32encodedsecret).now())
-- end code -------------------------------