On Sunday 20 December 2015 16:13:57 Gene Heskett wrote:
> Like most, if I set
> a root pw, it is going to be a considerably longer, mixed case and
> alphanumeric string I can remember.

I don't get this.  Yes, I have a strong root password.  But my user has no 
access.  Your user can use his password.  Do:

$ sudo -s
enter user's password 

and have full root privileges.  Why does root's password need to be stronger, 
since the user has full root privileges???

Lisi