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Document how to add an authenticator #460

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@PianoNic

Nothing in docs/ explains the built-in authenticator: that Schuly can hold TOTP secrets at all, how to add one by scanning or by entering a setup key, where the codes then appear, or that the secret is kept on the device.

It comes up in two different places and they are easy to confuse:

  • The Authenticator screen, for codes you want to read and type somewhere else - signing in to Microsoft, for instance.
  • The 2FA secret row on a school connect form, where the secret is stored so Schuly can generate the code itself during background refresh, rather than for you to read.

The getting-started walkthrough mentions one-time codes in passing but never says how to set one up, and architecture-modes.md covers the vaulted seed from the implementation side only.

Should be written for someone enrolling a new device, including the step where the other service asks for a code to confirm - see #459.

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