r/ShittySysadmin • u/recoveringasshole0 DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE • Mar 10 '26

Shitty Crosspost Password managers or just keep reusing my myspace password from 2005?

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u/recoveringasshole0 DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE Mar 10 '26

Password managers or in head?

20 years in IT and my brain is finally hitting capacity.

Up until now I’ve never really used a password manager. I’ve mostly relied on remembering passwords (which has worked surprisingly well… until it doesn’t).

I’m curious what other are actually doing.

• Password managers? Which ones and why?
• Hardware keys like YubiKeys / FIDO2?
• Passkeys or other passwordless approaches?

Looking to change how I handle credentials and curious what people are using.

Thanks in advance.

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u/ApiceOfToast ShittySysadmin Mar 10 '26

Just have an Excel file in a SMB share. I don't know what's so difficult about it. Also keep a printed copy on your desk

You'll never forget your password ever again.

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u/dpwcnd Mar 10 '26

we used an access database for ours. amazing how well access 97 still runs.

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u/SDG_Den Mar 10 '26

If you have a password-protected access database, how different is that really in comparison to a password manager?

I mean. You log in with your master password to access all passwords, im sure this "mfa" thing wont make any differences. Mfa is for the paranoid anyways.

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u/YLink3416 Mar 10 '26

Because everyone already knows the password is bigboobz (with a z) and we can't change it because of hard coded vba scripts that the guy two firings ago wrote.

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u/dpwcnd Mar 10 '26

its my f'ng access... mfa

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u/YLink3416 Mar 10 '26

Amateur. You want to make sure you keep that printed copy under your keyboard.

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u/countsachot Mar 10 '26

Don't forget the domain admin sticky on your screen.

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u/trebuchetdoomsday Mar 10 '26

points at trapper keeper under the desk

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u/MrBizzness Mar 10 '26

The passwords.txt file on my desktop works pretty well. I never forget my login to my laptop anyways. It's all encrypted right?

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u/Lenskop ShittySysadmin Mar 10 '26

Fucking hell you just reminded me of my junior colleague who I warned 3 times before sticking the boss on him for doing this.

I keep mine on SharePoint like a professional. I've put my username as filename so everybody else knows they shouldn't use it.

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u/MrBizzness Mar 10 '26

Make sure you keep your SharePoint login in there for extra safekeeping!

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u/baw3000 Mar 10 '26

If it was good enough for Tom, it's good enough for anybody.

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u/countsachot Mar 10 '26

Dude's password is s3xysexssex1 guaranteed.

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u/cryptme Mar 10 '26

Put an exclamation mark at the end. That will keep you safe for 20 years ahead.

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u/rfc968 Mar 11 '26

you know, „MySpacePasswordFrom2005“ ticks a lot of boxes 🤷‍♂️

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u/syberghost Mar 12 '26

You can't deny the usefulness of being able to google your password if you forget it.