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Having a backdoor account (that is a username/password that can login in to an administrative account on all machines) can be very useful for IT staff.
However, some believe it's a security breach. What are the pros and cons?
Pros
- access even if user forgets password
- access whenever is convenient, for example if user of machine is away on vacation
- another reason I just discovered is because if the user is non-technical they may misunderstand which password you are requesting, for example if they are running virtual machines.
Cons
- may not be feasible when there is confidential information on the machine
- A manager once told us that the company didn't have a backdoor account so that if something went wrong the finger could definitively be pointed at the end user
The last point doesn't really make sense to me. Most people would quickly hand over their login information to an IT staff.
Even if they choose to type in the password themself, it's unlikely they will stand there the whole time and wait until the IT staff logs out. Furthermore if an IT staff is malicious then it's unlikely not having a password of a end users machine will stop him.
In a company is it good to have a back door account?
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