> For example, what benefit is there in creating a new user with sudo privileges instead of using root directly? Also, when a group of people all need access t

> For example, what benefit is there in creating a new user with sudo privileges instead of using root directly? Also, when a group of people all need access to the same servers, you don't want everyone SSHing in as root. It's much easier to manage team security when everyone has individual users and sudo rights that can be logged and audited.