[RndTbl] MUUG PayPal payments with two-factor

[Wyatt Zacharias]

Did the pre-login actually work for you? I found someone else suggesting
that solution too, but it didn't work when I tried it.

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Wyatt Zacharias


On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>
wrote:

> It was brought up by Wyatt that 2-factor auth ("security key") login in
> the new MUUG PayPal payment system does not work.  It won't let you
> login.  Note, if you don't know what 2-factor auth or PayPal's
> "security key" is (hint: it's not your "password"), then you aren't
> using it and you can ignore this notice.
>
> It seems PayPal is aware of this bug, and are working on putting
> 2-factor auth into all their API's, including the one MUUG is using.
> Who knows when they'll get it done.
>
> I did find a new workaround that might help:
>
> Login to PayPal first, manually, using your 2-factor auth, by going to
> their main page.  Then access the MUUG payment interface before you
> timeout (around 10 minutes).  It may just let you skip the login
> completely via the MUUG links.
>
> The only other option is to go into PayPal manually and disable
> 2-factor auth before you use the MUUG system.
>
> Also, you can always skip the login completely and use the "buy as
> guest" option to enter your card details directly.
>
> From a quick show of hands it appears less than 5% of our users are
> using 2-factor, so for the time being we'll just be hoping PayPal fixes
> this bug soon.
>
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