If you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you can both access and change any kind of file, including system files, and change various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform all these things and also to generate other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make a separate user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you have to modify the server or to set up software which may be needed by some script-driven app that you would like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Hosting
If you purchase a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in three cases - if the server comes with no web hosting Control Panel at all, or when you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you will be able to change each part of the system with a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you will still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make adjustments, yet you will also have a graphical interface available to take care of your world wide web content and most of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages an excellent choice if you need to run any kind of software that you can not set up in a standard shared web hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect by way of SSH and to control the content on your hosting server, however, the root access rights will be more limited.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting
In case 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 packages you will pick throughout the registration process. Exactly the same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will give you the option to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and applications that have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your website hosting server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings as well as your site content will be controlled through a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will get a server with restricted root access.