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is having 2 or more admin accounts a good idea



Posted on Sep 25, 2019 12:26 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 12:53 PM

That’s your call.


One non-admin or admin login per user, or potentially (for isolation of admin access) one non-admin and one admin login per user, is typical.


Shared logins are bad for change tracking, and bad for accountability.


If you have more than one trusted user administering your system, then an admin login for each would be typical.


Having a second “spare” admin user also provides access, should the primary admin login be password-forgotten, or corrupted, or whatever.

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Sep 25, 2019 12:53 PM in response to billybill

That’s your call.


One non-admin or admin login per user, or potentially (for isolation of admin access) one non-admin and one admin login per user, is typical.


Shared logins are bad for change tracking, and bad for accountability.


If you have more than one trusted user administering your system, then an admin login for each would be typical.


Having a second “spare” admin user also provides access, should the primary admin login be password-forgotten, or corrupted, or whatever.

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