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#17443 master pasword

Posted in ‘Admin Tools for Joomla! 4 & 5’
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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 11 September 2013 07:54 CDT

brintop99
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the tickets before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
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Description of my issue:
have i read this wrong..... ? do i only need to bother with the master password if there are more people than me logging into (with my permission!) the admin area? it is not actually of benefit to me security wise from hackers?

thanks

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
It's not something that will hold back even the most novice hacker. The exact reason it's there is to prevent your clients from screwing up Admin Tools' configuration and then call you claiming that "suddenly" the site doesn't work and that they "didn't touch anything".

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

brintop99
lol thanks

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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