Being able to make other people do work for you is sort of the standard expression of power. My management doesn't have root, and I do, but they're more powerfu

Being able to make other people do work for you is sort of the standard expression of power. My management doesn't have root, and I do, but they're more powerful than me simply because they can tell me what to do with my root access. The owners of the company probably don't even know who I am, but they are more powerful still because they can tell my management what to do.