On 2013-01-24, m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > > What, you're forgetting, was it LA or SF, that just had that happen very > publicly, when that admin left and didn't want to tell the admins the > passwords, a couple of years ago? It was San Francisco. Here are some stories on it; I'm sure DDG can find others: https://www.pcworld.com/article/148824/san_francisco_network.html http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-officials-locked-out-of-computer-network-3205200.php > No. A manager should *always* have the written passwords, somewhere, if > you quit, or get hit by a car coming back from lunch.... Agreed, but you need to a) impress on your manager that he should not break into the passwords unless you really have quit or been hit by a bus, and b) trust your manager not to do a). If you don't really trust him not to do something stupid with the password list, hide it somewhere else and tell a trusted colleague where it is. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us