Host's sys admins - can they view files?

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Published on 2010-03-08T14:20:08Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 14:21 UTC
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Hi,

Just a quick question. When using shared hosting, can system admins (employed by the host) access your files and read your database connectionstring details? Can they also access your database, and view the files, without a connectionstring? I'm assuming there's a certain level of trust, but is this possible/common?

Thanks

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