oathtool Command Examples

OATH one-time password tool. More information: https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/oathtool.1.html.

• Generate TOTP token (behaves like Google Authenticator):

oathtool --totp {{[-b|--base32]}} "{{secret}}"

• Generate a TOTP token for a specific time:

oathtool --totp {{[-N|--now]}} "{{2004-02-29 16:21:42}}" {{[-b|--base32]}} "{{secret}}"

• Validate a TOTP token:

oathtool --totp {{[-b|--base32]}} "{{secret}}" "{{token}}"