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It's not a literal "root" account. But an account that exists on most machines that can sudo.

Thanks for the reply!

That's much less egregious. It's very common for IT admins to implement security updates or change virus scanners or policies behind the scenes.

It's not really that much less egregious than root. With this shared account, anyone is able to log in and become root.

There is not audit capabilities when using shared accounts. Using shared accounts is just bad idea.