If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you can set up any server-side app regardless of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you're able to both access and customize any kind of file, including system files, and change various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things as well as to create other users, including users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

You'll be able to manage your new virtual private servers at the root level regardless of the package that you have selected, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, a large number of system settings can be managed via an easy to navigate web-based interface, while in the second, you'll need to make everything via a console, until you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS in addition to any kind of system or custom content on it all of the time, that makes this type of website hosting perfect for any app which you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

When you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will select throughout the signup process. The very same is valid when you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. Our servers provide you with the chance to run both very resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a regular shared web hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your web hosting server has to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your website content can be managed through a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll get a server with limited root access.