Aw geez. The problem was that we block access to certain websites on company computers. The answer found by members of the staff who just happen to have master keys is that we don’t block access on computers available to the public.
What do the nightshift people do when they can’t get to a site from the machine on their desks? The go down to the computer lab. It’s simply not cricket!
Me: “We could just put a password on these local accounts so they can’t get in. It’ll be more work for you, since you’ll have to log them off each night and log them on in the morning…”
Them: “That’s fine. Let’s do it!”
Me: “Okay, pick a password. Anything will do, just make sure that you can remember it and the staff won’t be able to guess it.”
Them: “I don’t know. Can I use my kid’s names? Nah, not that. Anything? Even ‘hot sauce’?”
Me: “That’s great! Let’s use ‘hot sauce’ then!”
Them: “Are you sure? That doesn’t seem like a real password.”
The password isn’t “hot sauce,” you goon. It’s something else! A lot like that! Startlingly similar to that, in fact!
Your pal,
bob