Our liaison from our data center asked why I need MANAGER.SYS access
(their mid-range support are the only other people who can sign on as
such; they are in another state with our 3Ks; I am the only other such
user). Installing software and patches or handling backups is a
non-issue. Other than them all going out to lunch in the same car, and
getting hit by a bus, and me being the only one left alive who knows the
password. Since one of them is subscribed (hi there), let me apologize
for so unpleasant an example.

While I am coming up with a small number things that I could not do or
could only do with great difficulty with only AM ids, I would appreciate
some feedback from the list. What could you not do that you need to do
where you no longer able to sign on as manager.sys?