I set up the Google Authenticator for 2 factor authentication on my server about a month ago. It's working great for protecting my login, but it is also blocking my methods of remote file transfers. I can no longer use SCP to copy files off of my server when using the password / 2 factor login (it MIGHT work with a public / private key, but I don't want to put that on my publicly accessible PC), either from the terminal or from Gnome's file manager net connection.
Is there any way I can keep using Google Authenticator, but get my SCP access back? I think the SCP programs don't support the 2 factor authentication...
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