Ivan Banic Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Hello everyone, I have a huge problem, I was going to set up two factor authentication for Admin accounts, and before I've managed to set up everything else, IPB log out my account and now I'm stuck with this. There are no questions to set up, and no answers. How to reverse everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I've tried to set this up on my test site to help you but I cant find where you add the answers to the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Banic Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) Basically, since I have not defined questions before turning on two factor authentication, now I'm in infinite loop. IPB want answers on question, but I did not setup questions. This shouldn't be possible! Edited January 16, 2023 by Ivan Banic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Marc Stridgen Posted January 16, 2023 Solution Share Posted January 16, 2023 You can switch off 2 factor authentication by creating a constants.php file with the following contents in it <?php define('DISABLE_MFA',True); Once you have got in, you can disable and enable whatever you want, and remove when done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Ah nice, where can you find these switches/settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim M Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 22 minutes ago, Richard Arch said: Ah nice, where can you find these switches/settings? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Thanks and to get back on topic is there an issue with enabling security questions as I couldn't find where you add the answers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, Richard Arch said: Thanks and to get back on topic is there an issue with enabling security questions as I couldn't find where you add the answers? You don't add answers in the ACP. It's unique to whatever is picked by the user when they setup MFA. If your security question is "What street did you grow up on?" ... the answer would be different for me than it would be for you. You don't want to ask questions like "What is 2+2?" because ANYONE could answer that. It should be a question that has a unique value to the person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Ah of course, the answers are recorded when the Member first logs in and sets themselves up with 2FA. It makes sense now, thanks 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Ivan Banic said: Basically, since I have not defined questions before turning on two factor authentication, now I'm in infinite loop. IPB want answers on question, but I did not setup questions. This shouldn't be possible! Ivan's makes a good point, it would be better if the software didn't enable the 2FA until there was 3 or however many questions are required in the setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 EDIT: Apparently I'm blind today. You do first have to enable Security Questions, and then set them up in the ACP. After it's enabled, click the small gear icon next to the word "Enabled" to configure and create the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Arch Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Yes, its possible to enable and not have any questions set up. Unfortunately, for Ivan he got distracted before adding the questions then time out leaving him stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Glad to see the cause of the issue was found in any case there, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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