Might be a good move
Might be a good move
Posted Jun 25, 2025 17:41 UTC (Wed) by jem (subscriber, #24231)In reply to: Might be a good move by linuxrocks123
Parent article: GNOME deepens systemd dependencies
>2FA is PAM's job, not the greeter's, so of course it would work work xdm.
The greeter needs to prompt the user to insert the token (USB key or smart card), and after that prompt for the PIN code. The greeter also needs to respond to errors, like if an invalid token is inserted or the wrong PIN code is entered.
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