When you have root-level access to a server, this means that you'll have full control over 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 your server, and you'll be able to both access and change any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things as well as to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to modify the server or to install software which may be required by some script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting

In case you choose the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, you'll 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 add a Control Panel at all. Our servers give you the possibility to run both very resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a regular shared website hosting account and applications which have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the hosting server has to be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you get cPanel, most system settings as well as your website content will be controlled via a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll have a server with limited root access.