When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you can set up any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you're able to both access and change any file, which includes system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and also to create other users, including users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create a separate 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 some script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You're able to manage your new VPS servers at the root level regardless of the plan which you've chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be managed via an easy to use web-based interface, while in the second, you will need to make everything through a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS as well as any system and / or custom content on it at all times, which makes this type of hosting perfect for any app which you can't run with a shared web hosting account because of the limited level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The last VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, but the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

When you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web 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. The same is valid when you choose not to get a Control Panel at all. All our servers provide you with the option to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared hosting account and applications that have certain requirements as to what the software environment on your server needs 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 abovementioned solutions is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, whereas if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most system settings along with your website content will be managed via a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will get a server with restricted root access.