> If you're using sudo, then the root password is irrelevant This is very true, but I'd also like to add that getting root privileges might not even be that im

> If you're using sudo, then the root password is irrelevant This is very true, but I'd also like to add that getting root privileges might not even be that important. You only need privileges for the user owning the data. You might not get to root, but you can still do a fair amount of stuff with non-root.