On Sunday 20 December 2015 22.19:06 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Why does root's password need to be > > > stronger, since the user has full root privileges??? > > > > > > Lisi > > > > Good question Lisi, one I've yet to hear a good explanation for from the > > bunto folks, and I did ask a couple times in the past. Should I make the > > pw I use just as obtuse & long? > > Yes!!! > > Lisi While this has nothing to do with TDE, that is my main reason for sticking to the "old" user/root system. Windows users mostly don't use a superuser (although they could) because it's "complicated". Mac users "have no root", but that means that if they use an easy password (I should not say, but I can't move my wife from 654321 ...), anyone having access to their computer can turn root on and lock them out. Same with Linux: if I can easily guess someone's user password and he has sudo rights, then sudo passwd root and sudo passwd <user>: I'm the boos and he's out. So, as long as sudo users don't use strong password (and most I know _don't_ ), a separate root password is more secure. Thierry