When you have root-level access to a server, it means that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application whatever the changes that it'll make to the software setting on the server, and you'll be able to both access and update any file, including system files, and change various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do all these things as well as to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's 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 required by a script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting

You can take care of your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the plan that you have picked, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, or without Control Panel at all. In the first case, multiple system settings can be managed through an easy to work with web-based interface, whereas in the second, you'll need to make everything via a console, unless you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS in addition to any kind of system or custom content on it all of the time, which makes this type of hosting perfect for any app that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The last VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server will be limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting

You'll have full root-level access to your dedicated server no matter which package you pick during the registration process, as long as the server is provided with cPanel or DirectAdmin, or with no web hosting Control Panel at all. In all of these three cases, you're able to update any part of the software environment in any way you see fit, that makes our server packages ideal for multi-media apps with specific requirements which can't be covered when you use a shared hosting account. The difference between these options is that when you pick cPanel or DirectAdmin, you'll have a web-based graphical interface to take care of many different server-side options and also any web content which you create or upload, while when you order the server without a Control Panel, you will have to do everything using a Secure Shell console or to install a Control Panel of your own liking, provided that it's compatible with the OS that you have chosen throughout the sign up process. With the final Control Panel option which you will be able to pick on our order page - Hepsia, the root access is restricted.