diff --git a/config-joey.hs b/config-joey.hs
index b6152f1..67986ff 100644
--- a/config-joey.hs
+++ b/config-joey.hs
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ standardSystemUnhardened hn suite arch motd = host hn
 	& Apt.installed ["etckeeper"]
 	& Apt.installed ["ssh"]
 	& GitHome.installedFor "root"
-	& User.hasSomePassword "root" (Context hn)
+	& User.hasSomePassword "root"
 	& User.accountFor "joey"
-	& User.hasSomePassword "joey" (Context hn)
+	& User.hasSomePassword "joey"
 	& Sudo.enabledFor "joey"
 	& GitHome.installedFor "joey"
 	& Apt.installed ["vim", "screen", "less"]
diff --git a/config-simple.hs b/config-simple.hs
index fb02e27..c03149e 100644
--- a/config-simple.hs
+++ b/config-simple.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hosts =
 		& Apt.unattendedUpgrades
 		& Apt.installed ["etckeeper"]
 		& Apt.installed ["ssh"]
-		& User.hasSomePassword "root" (Context "mybox.example.com")
+		& User.hasSomePassword "root"
 		& Network.ipv6to4
 		& File.dirExists "/var/www"
 		& Docker.docked webserverContainer
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6a1d60d..e70e6a9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-propellor (1.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+propellor (1.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * propellor --spin can now deploy propellor to hosts that do not have 
     git, ghc, or apt-get. This is accomplished by uploading a fairly
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ propellor (1.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     find the full hostname.
   * Added group-related properties. Thanks, Félix Sipma.
   * Added Git.barerepo. Thanks, Félix Sipma.
+  * hasSomePassword and hasPassword now default to using the name of the
+    host as the Context for the password. To specify a different context,
+    use hasSomePassword' and hasPassword' (API change)
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:12:35 -0400
 
diff --git a/propellor.cabal b/propellor.cabal
index cd34d4b..617a1fc 100644
--- a/propellor.cabal
+++ b/propellor.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: propellor
-Version: 1.0.0
+Version: 1.1.0
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
 License: BSD3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
diff --git a/src/Propellor/Property/OS.hs b/src/Propellor/Property/OS.hs
index 914fb9f..c96e20b 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Property/OS.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Property/OS.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import qualified Propellor.Property.Debootstrap as Debootstrap
 -- This can replace one Linux distribution with different one.
 -- But, it can also fail and leave the system in an unbootable state.
 --
+-- To avoid this property being accidentially used, you have to provide
+-- a Context containing the name of the host that you intend to apply the
+-- property to.
+--
 -- This property only runs once. The cleanly installed system will have
 -- a file /etc/propellor-cleaninstall, which indicates it was cleanly
 -- installed.
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ import qualified Propellor.Property.Debootstrap as Debootstrap
 -- working system. For example:
 --
 -- > & os (System (Debian Unstable) "amd64")
--- > & cleanInstall (confirm "com.example.foo") (BackupOldOS <> UseOldKernel)
+-- > & cleanInstall (Context "foo.example.com") (BackupOldOS <> UseOldKernel)
 -- >    `onChange` propertyList "fixing up after clean install"
 -- >        [ fixupNetworkInterfaces
 -- >        , fixupRootSsh
@@ -34,38 +38,33 @@ import qualified Propellor.Property.Debootstrap as Debootstrap
 -- >        -- , installGrub
 -- >        ]
 -- > & Apt.installed ["ssh"]
+-- > & User.hasSomePassword "root"
+-- > & User.accountFor "joey"
+-- > & User.hasSomePassword "joey"
 -- > -- rest of system properties here
-cleanInstallOnce :: Confirmation -> Exceptions -> Property
-cleanInstallOnce c = check (not <$> doesFileExist flagfile) $
+cleanInstallOnce :: Context -> Exceptions -> Property
+cleanInstallOnce (Context c) = check (not <$> doesFileExist flagfile) $
 	Property "OS cleanly installed" $ do
-		confirm c
+		hostname <- asks hostName
+		when (hostname /= c) $
+			error "Run with bad context, not matching hostname. Not running cleanInstalOnce!"
 		error "TODO"
-		-- debootstrap /new-os chroot; avoid running
-		--   propellor inside the chroot yet
+		-- debootstrap /new-os chroot, but don't run propellor
+		--   inside the chroot.
 		-- unmount all mounts
 		-- move all directories to /old-os,
 		--   except for /boot and /lib/modules
 		-- move /new-os to /
-		-- touch /etc/propellor-cleaninstall
+		-- touch flagfile
 		-- re-bootstrap propellor in /usr/local/propellor,
 		--   (using git repo bundle, privdata file, and possibly
 		--   git repo url, which all need to be arranged to
 		--   be present in /old-os's /usr/local/propellor)
+		-- enable shadow passwords (to avoid foot-shooting)
 		-- return MadeChange
   where
 	flagfile = "/etc/propellor-cleaninstall"
 
--- | To confirm you really intend to apply a dangerous Property to a
--- system, and have not copied and pasted it in by accident, you must
--- provide as confirmation, the hostname of the system you intend
--- to apply the Property to, written in the form form "com.example.somehost"
-newtype Confirmation = Confirmation String
-
-confirm :: String -> Confirmation
-confirm (Confirmation c) h
-	| h ==(intercalate "." $ reverse $ split "." c) = return ()
-	| otherwise = error "Bad confirmation of dangerous Property; see the documentation to fix this."
-
 -- | Sometimes you want an almost clean install, but with some exceptions.
 data Exceptions
 	= UseOldKernel -- ^ Leave /boot and /lib/modules from old OS, so the system can boot using them as before
diff --git a/src/Propellor/Property/User.hs b/src/Propellor/Property/User.hs
index 6a51703..434a92a 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Property/User.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Property/User.hs
@@ -24,12 +24,27 @@ nuked user _ = check (isJust <$> catchMaybeIO (homedir user)) $ cmdProperty "use
 
 -- | Only ensures that the user has some password set. It may or may
 -- not be the password from the PrivData.
-hasSomePassword :: UserName -> Context -> Property
-hasSomePassword user context = check ((/= HasPassword) <$> getPasswordStatus user) $
-	hasPassword user context
+hasSomePassword :: UserName -> Property
+hasSomePassword user = property (user ++ "has password") $ do
+	hostname <- asks hostName
+	ensureProperty $ hasSomePassword' user (Context hostname)
 
-hasPassword :: UserName -> Context -> Property
-hasPassword user context = withPrivData (Password user) context $ \getpassword ->
+-- | While hasSomePassword uses the name of the host as context,
+-- this allows specifying a different context. This is useful when
+-- you want to use the same password on multiple hosts, for example.
+hasSomePassword' :: UserName -> Context -> Property
+hasSomePassword' user context = check ((/= HasPassword) <$> getPasswordStatus user) $
+	hasPassword' user context
+
+-- | Ensures that a user's password is set to the password from the PrivData.
+-- (Will change any existing password.)
+hasPassword :: UserName -> Property
+hasPassword user = property (user ++ "has password") $ do
+	hostname <- asks hostName
+	ensureProperty $ hasPassword' user (Context hostname)
+
+hasPassword' :: UserName -> Context -> Property
+hasPassword' user context = withPrivData (Password user) context $ \getpassword ->
 	property (user ++ " has password") $
 		getpassword $ \password -> makeChange $
 			withHandle StdinHandle createProcessSuccess