Yes, I wasn't thinking about "DreamHost VPS" (although come to mention it I do remember them offering such a service). With most (read:good) VPS offerings the

Yes, I wasn't thinking about "DreamHost VPS" (although come to mention it I do remember them offering such a service). With most (read:good) VPS offerings the support guys won't have access to your VPS password (root, etc) and so from that perspective this would be safer and more secure for the OP. Shared hosting, by it's nature, holds a much higher chance of the hosting company holding your password in the clear/decryptable state. My apologies if I wasn't clear in my original reply.