You can allow FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV users to bypass the Two-factor authentication method. If an Administrator allows the FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV users to bypass the Two-factor authentication method, those user profiles will include an option to bypass 2FA for FTP/SFTP/WebDAV access when configuring their 2FA method.

The site-wide setting to bypass 2FA must be enabled before a user configures their 2FA method in order for that user to bypass 2FA for FTP/SFTP/WebDAV. 2FA methods cannot be edited by a user; they must be reset by an administrator and set up again by the user. When the sitewide setting to bypass 2FA is enabled, users will see an option for the bypass while setting up their two-factor method.

If you want to implement 2FA for FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV users but you want to allow your scripts or applications to sign in securely without 2FA, then you can use an API key as the password to sign in to FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV. This is useful when you have scripts or applications that need to sign in using FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV protocols. In this case, the user login name will be @api-[key-id or API key name] and the password will be the API key content.