Same boot info for firewire external drive?

I want to install 10.4.5 on an external hard drive so I can boot from it if I have problems on my internal drive. This is a recommended practice I believe.
Should I use the same admin/user names/passwords on the external as I use on the internal or does it matter? My preference is to use a different name/password but I don't have a real reason, just a preference with the thought that I am keeping them separate.

I want to install 10.4.5 on an external hard drive so I can boot from it if I have problems on my internal drive. This is a recommended practice I believe.
Yes it is.
Get yourself a backup app (such as CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper!, etc.) and put a bootable clone onto the FWHD. That gives you a bootable duplicate of what's already on the internal HD. Much better than reinstalling and trying to manually duplicate things.

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