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Copper Contributor

Jul 31, 2017

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Cannot get PfAuthUser to work on on-premise Multi-Factor Authentication Server

I can use the MFA fine through RADIUS, and the User Portal also works fine. Calls like GetUserSettings_3 also work fine. But when I try to use PfAuthUser_5 (or any other version), I always get: { ...

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Bernard Kerckenaere
Jul 31, 2017
I just found out I can use "userportal" instead of "pfsdk" as the initiatingAuthenticationType and then it works.

I'm going to leave this question open for a few days in case someone can tell me if this is a good solution, or if there is something I can do to make it work with pfsdk.

Just to clarify, I only found out about the "userportal" type because of the improved log files after I upgraded MFA server to the latest version.
The documentation only ever makes mention of the "pfsdk" type, and I have no idea whether or not there are any other types, or what the types actually do...

Bernard Kerckenaere

Copper Contributor

Jul 31, 2017

I just found out I can use "userportal" instead of "pfsdk" as the initiatingAuthenticationType and then it works.

I'm going to leave this question open for a few days in case someone can tell me if this is a good solution, or if there is something I can do to make it work with pfsdk.

Just to clarify, I only found out about the "userportal" type because of the improved log files after I upgraded MFA server to the latest version.

The documentation only ever makes mention of the "pfsdk" type, and I have no idea whether or not there are any other types, or what the types actually do...