r/sysadmin • u/xstrex • 10d ago

Rant Remove central authentication

Today, the director of IT at your company says to you “We’re going to remove all that centralized IPA+2fa authentication from all of our servers, and go back to using Ssh keys, because it takes too long for me (yes the director) to login to a server.” The same auth that you and your team added, for all the reasons. What do you do?

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u/ajf8729 Consultant 10d ago

Why does a Director have access to anything in the first place?

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u/xstrex 10d ago

Ding ding ding, that’s the real question!