| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2019-01-30 |
MFA, multifactor authentication, time-based one-time passcode, TOTP |
iam |
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{: #totp}
As an administrator with the correct access, you can enable the option for a user to be prompted for a time-based one-time passcode (TOTP) at login from the User details page in the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix}} console. This type of multifactor authentication (MFA) is required only for the account where the setting is enabled unlike ID-based MFA. For more information, see Types of multifactor authentication. {:shortdesc}
If you have any of the following access, you can update this setting for other users in your account:
- Editor or higher role on the User management service
- You are an ancestor in the classic infrastructure hierarchy for the user and you have the Manage users classic infrastructure permission assigned
To turn on the login setting for a user to be prompted for TOTP MFA, complete the following steps.
To turn on this MFA option for a user, he or she must first set up TOTP from the profile Login settings page. {: note}
- From the menu bar, click Manage > Access (IAM), and select Users.
- Select a user from the list.
- From the User details page in the Manage user's login section, set the Time-based one-time passcode MFA option to on.
You can manage this setting for yourself if you have the User-managed login setting enabled on your User details page. {: tip}