When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able set up any server-side application regardless of the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you will be able to both access and update any file, including system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and to generate other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. The connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create one more user for your daily work and use the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software that may be required by a script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you choose the cPanel hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you will select during the signup process. Exactly the same is valid if you decide not to use a Control Panel at all. All our servers provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and apps which have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your web hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you acquire cPanel, most of the system settings and your web content can be managed via a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll have a server with restricted root access.