Type 2-step verification code for .netrc

[BaseMax]

i set youtube-dl to authenticate by .netrc file but it still asking me 2 step verification code ? but i have not enabled 2 step auth for my gmail account. Is this normal ?

[Hrxn]

Well, no..

If you haven't activated 2FA in your Google account, .netrc should work as usual. You absolutely sure that 2 Factor auth is off?

[dstftw]

Post the full output of youtube-dl when run with -v, i.e. add -v flag to your command line, copy the whole output and post it in the issue body wrapped in ``` for better formatting. It should look similar to this:

$ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.12.06
[debug] Git HEAD: 135392e
[debug] Python version 2.6.6 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...

Do not post screenshots of verbose log only plain text is acceptable.

The output (including the first lines) contains important debugging information. Issues without the full output are often not reproducible and therefore do not get solved in short order, if ever.

[BaseMax]

root@do1:~# youtube-dl 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g1jm0tHTU0&feature=player_embedded' -v -n
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g1jm0tHTU0&feature=player_embedded', u'-v', u'-n']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.04.24
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-79-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-79139-gde1a0d4, ffprobe N-79139-gde1a0d4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Logging in
Type 2-step verification code and press [Return]:

[dstftw]

What do you see here https://myaccount.google.com/security/signinoptions/two-step-verification in browser?

[BaseMax]

first i tried with app password so i had to enable 2FA to generate one. but later understood that this won't work with app password so disabled 2FA but youtube-dl still want 2FA OTP interactively.

[BaseMax]

no longer having this issue after a system reboot.
thanks for the support.