The team wants root in the container

Least privilege is a professional security framework that maps directly to Kubernetes basics: give workloads only the identity, filesystem access, Linux capabilities, and API permissions they need. The right move is not a theatrical no; it is to ask which operation requires privilege, then narrow the security context or RBAC rule. This keeps delivery moving while reducing blast radius.

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