If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you can install any server-side app no matter what the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you can both access and modify any kind of 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 as well as to generate other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create a separate user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software that may be required by some script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers

You are able to control your new VPS servers at the root level whatever the package which you have chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or with no Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be controlled from an easy to use web-based interface, whereas in the second, you'll have to make everything via a console, unless you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you'll have full control over the VPS as well as any kind of system or custom content on it at all times, which makes this type of hosting perfect for any app which you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The last VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, but the root access to your server is limited.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

In case you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you'll pick during the signup process. The exact same is valid if you choose not to use a Control Panel at all. All our servers will give you the possibility to run both really resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your server has to be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings and your website content will be managed through a graphical interface. If you choose Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with restricted root access.