TFA and SMTP — disable SMTP or TFA via database?

[DrQuincy]

I'm setting up a site that uses the two-factor auth to login (backend and via LoginRegisterPro); the client also wants to use SMTP. The SMTP didn't work and so I couldn't login via LoginRegisterPro. On /processwire/ the browser had already gone through TFA so I was able to log in.

It made me think: had I not been able to log in the way I did, how would I do so if TFA is enabled and SMTP is not working. I am assuming I can disable SMTP or TFA via the database. If that's the case, how do I do this? Would the best way, without losing any SMTP settings, be to empty the data field in the ProcessLogin row of the modules table?

Thanks.

[DrQuincy]

Here's a much more elegant solution that doesn’t require altering the database:

 $session->forceLogin('admin');

Place this code in /site/templates/admin.php

Don’t forget to disable it after though. 🙂