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  • 1.  AIX 2FA Made Simple

    Posted 4 days ago

    Hi team,

    I've been playing with 2FA on AIX and wanted to share a small contribution back to the community.

    This work is based on the excellent 2FA package very generously provided by the AIX Open Source team ❤️

    I've simply taken it as a foundation and added a few practical improvements aimed at making adoption easier for everyone - from seasoned AIX admins to people touching 2FA for the first time.

    What I added on top:

    • ✅ Simplified installation flow
      (install + 2 small config edits + guided wizard)

    • ✅ QR code support (no manual token typing)

    • ✅ Wrapper script to make setup predictable and repeatable

    • ✅ Clear documentation, including rollback

    • ✅ No sudo-related surprises

    • ✅ Bilingual docs (EN / ES)

    The goal is not to reinvent anything, but to lower the barrier so more AIX systems actually end up protected with 2FA in 1 minute (as we do in Linux)

    Free download → GitHub - librepower/aix: Open source tools for AIX/VIOS on IBM Power

    Feedback, reviews, and contributions are more than welcome.



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    Hugo Blanco
    Managing Director
    SIXE
    Madrid
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  • 2.  RE: AIX 2FA Made Simple

    Posted 2 days ago

    Nice work Hugo. I also wrote an article about this in the December issue of ADMIN magazine, https://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2025/90/Secure-AIX-with-Google-Authenticator.



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    Chris Gibson
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    Original Message


  • 3.  RE: AIX 2FA Made Simple

    Posted yesterday

    Nice work Hugo

    Thank you 



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    Anas AlSaleh
    IBM Power Systems Software Specialist
    Saudi Business Machines ( SBM )
    Riyadh
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  • 4.  RE: AIX 2FA Made Simple

    Posted yesterday
    Edited by Stephan Dietl yesterday

    Thanks @Hugo Blanco !

    (I ran into the sudo "surprises" on my first tries and worked around it, glad to see it fixed in a packaged version :) !)


    Update: And now that I´ve added the repo -> Also thank you for "fzf", one of my favorite tools on GNU/Linux :) !



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    Stephan Dietl
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    Original Message


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