Set a strong root password
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Choose a strong root password. A strong password is:
- not a word in English or native language.
- preferable random.
- should contain lower and UPPER case.
- should contain letter, numbers and preferable special signs, e.g. %@^&
- should be long enough: at least 7-8 characters.
For more information, see this Wikipedia discussion

