If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you'll have full control of it. In other words, you can set up any server-side application no matter what the changes that it'll make to the software setting on your server, and you can both access and modify any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and also 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 security reasons, it is recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software which may be required by a script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

If you get a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in three cases - if the server features no web hosting Control Panel at all, or when you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you can update any part of the system from a Secure Shell console, whereas in the second, you will still be able to use SSH in order to connect and to make changes, but you'll also have a graphical interface you can use to manage your world wide web content and almost all of the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server packages a very good choice if you want to run any kind of software that you can not set up in a standard shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you will be able to connect by using SSH and to control the content on the server, however, the root access privileges are more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you will choose throughout the registration process. The same is valid if you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All our servers provide you with the chance to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared website hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the hosting server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your site content can be controlled via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll receive a server with limited root access.