I have always kept root and administrator passwords in a well secured, locked fireproof box (there are replaced on 20 day cycles). All Senior personal have a key to this and the passwords can be obtained if needed. Personal passwords do not need this. If someone dies, quiets, gets fired, or whatever I just lock there account until they are out of the building and then re-enable the account and change the password if I need to access any of their e-mail or data. Users should NEVER write down there passwords for any reason, if they forget it then there should be proper channels to go through to get it changed.
Patrick S. Harper | MCSE mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.internetsecurityguru.com -----Original Message----- From: George Barnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 7:41 AM To: gminick; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Passwords On Paper > More important passwords for me is a list of logins and passwords > figuring only in my head. I use them in various configurations, and I > don't care what confiration is right. When I need to log-in somewhere While remembering passwords is one thing and for some people very simple, it is important to keep a "backup" in the form of passwords written down in a little black book in a safe somewhere that is accesible in case you get hit by a truck or something else unexpected happens to you. :) -G
