Stan wrote after Richard wrote:
 
>>: Some of us, like me, just don't get to doing these thing proactively ---
>>: so we will be up to our neck when we need the password and we can't
>>: get it quickly.
 
>>Luckily, the passwords are not site specific.  :)
 
>Nonetheless, *WHY* have we accepted this situation?
 
I agree with Stan, we the user community should NOT
necessarily accept this situation.  But at least for the
short term, the only way we could use the passworded
utilities if we need them is to go through the current
process for getting that !@#$%^& password.
 
This seems like a good subject for the management
roundtable at IPROF.
 
Ken