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> You shouldn’t need root, you should have another person with admin rights as a backup plan.

What?

I am the only admin on about a dozen machines. I'm not outsourcing that to a friend. That trust model is much more flawed than separation of duties and permissions segmentation as part of my administration routine.



What happens if you get hit by a bus, or become otherwise incapacitated?


That's what a dead man's switch is for. All of my credentials will be shared after a specified period of time.


Your manager or company owner should have admin account then, he should not use it for anything besides disaster recovery.

If you are single person shop that is your choice, have a root account or whatever you feel like having.




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