If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you can install any server-side application whatever the changes that it'll make to the software setting on the server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things as well as to make other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create a separate user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you select the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will select during the registration process. The same is valid when you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All our servers will give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the program environment on your hosting server should be. The latter is something which cannot be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings and your site content will be managed via a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll receive a server with restricted root access.