password is always passw0rd? Why?

Per telecomworld : > FreePBX Operator Panel (FOP) > > The secret code for performing transfers and hangups in the Flash > Operator Panel is passw0rd (zero not the letter O) I'm on Elastix 2.5 and am just curious about this -- it seems a questionable choice to set any password to a static value. The MySQL password is set to this value for either FreePBX or PIAF (PBX In A Flash). Why? In Elastix 2.5 running elastix-admin-passwords --change invokes: #!/bin/bash clear echo "This script resets your MySQL password. IT MUST BE passw0rd!" echo "Script also changes your admin password for Elastix MT access." read -p "To continue, press Enter. Otherwise, press Ctrl-C to abort." echo " " elastix-admin-passwords --change echo " " echo "Done. Access Incredible PBX at http:///sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet " | cut -f 2 -d ":" | cut -f 1 -d " "" echo " "​ I'm as much interested in how that came about as to whether or not it's a "good" idea.