alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com>: > On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:06:16 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> An administrator doesn't need the users' passwords for anything but >> should be assumed to know them. > > The administrator may be able to change them but he should NEVER know > them (or need to)!
When you are under an administrator's dominion, *you* must assume the they know your password. (Somewhat in the same vein, if you are running a virtual machine, *you* must assume the owner of the host computer has root access to your virtual machine. By extension, *you* must assume the government officials of the physical jurisdiction of the host computer have root access to your virtual machine.) Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
