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Two notes:
1. "root" is not the server root. The site engine calls the top role - above the admin - as root. See the Moderation Manual of Endchan. The "root" role allows access to Endchan's moderation pages with Root privileges, which comes with what I wrote in OP.
2. passwords are stored hashed, and similarly to emails that would have needed access to the database itself.