I had the same few years ago. When I pointed out that I can get full root with most of the whitelisted commands they answered "We know. It's not about security

I had the same few years ago. When I pointed out that I can get full root with most of the whitelisted commands they answered "We know. It's not about security but to prevent lusers from accidentally rm -rf /* the server. Feel free to spawn a root shell. You obviously know what you do"