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-Note that, due the simultaneous requirements of providing an SSH key (in the case of niagara for instance) and the 2FA interactive prompting upon login, users may face some chanllenge. Only one of each kind can be enabled at the time (you may call it a "feature" or a "deficiency" of FileZilla). One possible way to bypass this is to:
+=== Niagara special case ===
+Note that on Niagara, due the simultaneous requirements of providing an SSH key and the 2FA interactive prompting upon login, users may face some challenge. Only one of each kind can be enabled at the time. We recommend using a different SCP client that has better support for interactive prompt, but one possible way to bypass this is to:
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-# Attempt to log in with the SSH key
+# Attempt to connect with an SSH key. This will fail because of the interactive prompt for the second factor. FileZilla will then remember your key.
-# Fail to do so because of the interactive prompt
+# Change the login method to interactive and attempt to connect again. You will then receive the 2FA prompt.
-# Change the login method to interactive
-# Attempt to connect and receive the 2FA prompt
-# Successfully log in
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