Two-factor authentication for a file system

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive an indication of a client system satisfying a first authentication factor;
• identify an operation requested by the client system to be performed on a data object of a file system;
• determine whether the operation is one of a set of operations being associated with a second authentication factor;
• in response to determining that the operation is one of the set of operations being associated with the second authentication factor, provide, to an administrator system, a notification for the second authentication factor;
• receive, from the administrator system, a response comprising the second authentication factor;
• determine whether the response was received in view of a timing schedule;
• and
• in response to determining the response was received in view of the timing schedule, perform the operation on the data object.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, operative coupled to the memory, to:
• receive a first authentication factor associated with a client system;
• receive an input, from the client system, corresponding to an operation to be performed on a data object;
• determine whether the operation is one of a set of operations being associated with a second authentication factor;
• in response to determining that the operation is one of the set of operations being associated with the second authentication factor, generate a notification for the second authentication factor;
• receive a response comprising the second authentication factor;
• and
• perform the operation in view of the second authentication factor.