Yeah I use that quite often, help you debug things, without disrupting users on the site. :) I also use these as well.

Genius..

Do you think it's wise for someone to give out an admin account to someone they only know from this site?

No offense but it really is not a very smart thing to do. I certainly wouldn't do it.

I don't just pass out admin info to anyone. Ozzy has an excellent rep and I have known him here for a very long time.

Thanks though for the concern bro

Also, as a guy who does this stuff for a living I am getting peoples admin info almost daily. There is some trust involved. :)

They trusted Edward Snowden with admin accounts and look what happened there. He had top level clearance and the full trust of the US government and just look at what he did.

I learned early in life to trust no one except my family.

I do not think your family is going to be able to help you much if you have an issue you cannot figure out with your website.

Believe it or not there are many people here that can be trusted.

Also, I do not have any national secrets on my site. :)

Here when it says "Adviser" under their usernames, they are staff. They have earned that trust here.

Caution is always best though, you are right.

There's at least 20 site owners who have given me admin credentials for me to help them fix one problem or a set of problems, and I'm not staff or a adviser. But I enjoy helping people, never charge, and my reputation with their security is paramount to me - it's my whole reputation in this community.And you're one of those I trust too.

Right back at you bro! :)

At some point you have to trust somebody (I didn't say everybody), but I think Ozy, Max Taxable and RichieBoy are all good fruit. :)

You can always run an audit program for your database, in case your suspicious.

Point well taken @Disco-Stu, there is always added risk. :)

This is true, I would not just give it to anyone. With that said though, I have had access to 1000 + sites in my time with vBulletin and coding for DBTech so I think I am pretty safe. :)