why no mfa? (#73324)

Co-authored-by: Sandra McCann <samccann@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Rick Elrod <rick@elrod.me>
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@ -739,6 +739,21 @@ fails if the remote filename requires quotes to escape spaces or non-ascii chara
.. note:: If you see an ``invalid argument`` error when using ``-T``, then your SCP client is not performing filename validation and will not trigger this error.
.. _mfa_support:
Does Ansible support multiple factor authentication 2FA/MFA/biometrics/finterprint/usbkey/OTP/...
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No, Ansible is designed to execute multiple tasks against multiple targets, minimizing user interaction.
As with most automation tools, it is not compatible with interactive security systems designed to handle human interaction.
Most of these systems require a secondary prompt per target, which prevents scaling to thousands of targets. They also
tend to have very short expiration periods so it requires frequent reauthorization, also an issue with many hosts and/or
a long set of tasks.
In such environments we recommend securing around Ansible's execution but still allowing it to use an 'automation user' that does not require such measures.
This is something that Tower/AWX excels at by allowing administrators to set up RBAC access to inventory, along with managing credentials and job execution.
.. _docs_contributions:
How do I submit a change to the documentation?

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