# \#tutorial

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## [How to set up authentication in ThinLinc with PKCS #15 smart cards](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-authentication-in-thinlinc-with-pkcs-15-smart-cards/408)

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**Author:** [@samuel](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/samuel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2025 04:13 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-authentication-in-thinlinc-with-pkcs-15-smart-cards/408 "2025-04-09T04:13:50Z")

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This tutorial uses Fedora 36. It assumes that you have the ThinLinc server, and a ThinLinc client installed. ThinLinc Administrator’s Guide about this: 1. Install the necessary drivers for smart card readers on your…

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## [How to set up One-Time-Password (OTP) authentication in ThinLinc](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-one-time-password-otp-authentication-in-thinlinc/409)

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**Author:** [@samuel](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/samuel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2025 03:20 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-set-up-one-time-password-otp-authentication-in-thinlinc/409 "2025-02-16T03:20:09Z")

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This is a tutorial that will go through the steps to enable two-factor authentication, OTP, and user password for logins to your ThinLinc system. ThinLinc uses the underlying Linux authentication mechanism PAM to authent…

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## [How to conveniently switch between different user profiles](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-conveniently-switch-between-different-user-profiles/863)

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**Author:** [@linn](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/linn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [16 February 2024 11:47 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/how-to-conveniently-switch-between-different-user-profiles/863 "2024-02-16T11:47:16Z")

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Different user profiles for the ThinLinc client can be useful when regularly connecting to multiple different ThinLinc servers, e.g. to save the hostname of the server, swap between different authentication methods or us…