When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you can set up any server-side application no matter what the changes that it'll make to the software environment on your server, and you'll be able to both access and change any file, including system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform all these things and to generate 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's recommended that you make a different user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software which may be needed by a script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you select the cPanel hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will select throughout the registration process. Exactly the same is valid if you choose not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers provide you with the chance to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a shared website hosting account and apps that have certain requirements as to what the software environment on the web hosting server needs 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 installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you get cPanel, most of the system settings and your web content can be controlled via a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will receive a server with restricted root access.