When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side app regardless of the changes that it'll make to the software setting on the server, and you're able to both access and customize any kind of file, which includes system files, and change various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do the aforementioned things as well as 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 create one more user for your daily work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by a script-driven application that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

You're able to control your new virtual private servers at the root level regardless of the package that you've 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 number of system settings can be controlled from an easy to navigate web-based interface, whereas in the second, you'll need to make everything through a console, unless you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS plus any system and custom content on it all the time, that makes this kind of web hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, but the root access to your server will be limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

When you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you will choose throughout the signup process. The exact same is valid if you choose not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers give you the opportunity to run both very resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and applications that have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your website hosting server has to be. The latter is something which cannot be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings as well as your website content can be controlled via a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will receive a server with limited root access.