Manager asking for my password when I am off

robatwork

Emmia said:

robatwork said:

Emmia said:

robatwork said:

Probably missed the boat on this one, but in such a position I would ask the manager what they want the password to be. He says "Bozo$1234". Set it to this. Then reset it once back. I wouldn't give my password to anyone.

The effect of altering the password and giving that to the boss, is the same as the OP just handing over their current password, and changing it when they return.

The boss shouldn't have access to the OPs account/computer and it's likely against the company IT policies.

The reason I suggested that is that the OP's password may be one he uses elsewhere. Therefore safer to change it first rather than give a stranger "his" password. 

I do realise that this is against all IT good practice - both giving out your password and having one main password. But I'm in the real world where, especially in small companies, these things go on routinely. 

If you have a password that's the same for work and personal stuff that's asking for trouble.

No idea if you're in IT or not. I am, and have been since before the internet. I am well aware of the best practice for passwords and account security. It's quite scary how many people still have the same password, or at least the same baseword for their password. Despite exhortations to use a password manager and never use the same password more than once, in the real world there are still plenty of people - likely a few friends of yours too - who will use something like OscarTheCat2021. When told to change... OscarTheCat2025. Same as their bank password. And Dropbox. 

Emmia

robatwork said:

Emmia said:

robatwork said:

Emmia said:

robatwork said:

Probably missed the boat on this one, but in such a position I would ask the manager what they want the password to be. He says "Bozo$1234". Set it to this. Then reset it once back. I wouldn't give my password to anyone.

The effect of altering the password and giving that to the boss, is the same as the OP just handing over their current password, and changing it when they return.

The boss shouldn't have access to the OPs account/computer and it's likely against the company IT policies.

The reason I suggested that is that the OP's password may be one he uses elsewhere. Therefore safer to change it first rather than give a stranger "his" password. 

I do realise that this is against all IT good practice - both giving out your password and having one main password. But I'm in the real world where, especially in small companies, these things go on routinely. 

If you have a password that's the same for work and personal stuff that's asking for trouble.

No idea if you're in IT or not. I am, and have been since before the internet. I am well aware of the best practice for passwords and account security. It's quite scary how many people still have the same password, or at least the same baseword for their password. Despite exhortations to use a password manager and never use the same password more than once, in the real world there are still plenty of people - likely a few friends of yours too - who will use something like OscarTheCat2021. When told to change... OscarTheCat2025. Same as their bank password. And Dropbox. 

The simple answer to this question is

"No, do not give your boss your password/log in details"

I don't work in IT but I understand the importance of having different passwords for different accounts - I don't duplicate passwords and change them periodically, and more frequently for sensitive things like email, banking etc.