{"id":38422,"date":"2016-01-21T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=38422"},"modified":"2016-01-21T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:40:58","slug":"where-is-my-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/products\/where-is-my-two-factor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is my Two Factor Authentication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">cPanel &amp; WHM version 54 introduces the new Two Factor Authentication features for the cPanel and WHM interfaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This feature is one of the most highly requested features on <a href=\"http:\/\/features.cpanel.net\/\"><span class=\"s2\">features.cpanel.net<\/span><\/a>. We at cPanel worked hard to bring this in cPanel &amp; WHM version 54. \u00a0When the new feature hit the CURRENT release tier, some of our third-party integrators grew concerned about the changes made to the API system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We decided to extend our Two Factor Authentication system to the API to help increase the overall security of your account and prevent a loophole that would essentially bypass Two Factor Authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This complicates the API calls our third-party integrators use to manage resources that cPanel &amp; WHM control. This would cause many third-party applications to outright break for accounts with Two Factor Authentication enabled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To help mitigate this breakage and give our integrators time to update their applications we have hidden access to the interface in the WHM User Interface. Root administrators can enable the UI by creating a touch file through the command <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To enable the Two Factor Authentication UI on your system, enter the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><code>touch \/var\/cpanel\/enable_twofactor_ui &amp;&amp; \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/whostmgr\/docroot\/themes\/x\/rebuildtmpl<\/code><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">**This may cause some third-party applications to break significantly and cause applications to improperly store data**<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you are running a stock cPanel &amp; WHM system with no third-party applications or API customizations, you can enable Two Factor Authentication with no worries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Webhosts and third-party developers should take some time to test their applications with Two Factor Authentication. <a href=\"http:\/\/sdk.cpanel.net\/\">Examples of how to do API calls with Two Factor Authentication<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cPanel &amp; WHM version 54 introduces the new Two Factor Authentication features for the cPanel and WHM interfaces. 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