When you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you can install any server-side app regardless of the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you can both access and customize any file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things and also to make other users, including users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you make a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software which may be required by some script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will pick during the registration process. The same is valid when you decide not to get a Control Panel at all. Our servers will give you the option to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and applications that have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the server should be. The latter is something which cannot be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned solutions is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, while if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings and your site content will be controlled through a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with limited root access.