If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side application regardless of the changes that it'll make to the software setting on your server, and you will be able to both access and modify any file, which includes system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you create a different user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to set up software that may be needed by some script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

You will have full root-level access to your dedicated server no matter which package you select throughout the signup process, as long as the server is ordered with cPanel or DirectAdmin, or without web hosting Control Panel at all. In all of these 3 cases, you'll be able to change any part of the software environment in any way you find fit, which makes our server packages ideal for multi-media applications with specific requirements which can't be covered if you use a shared web hosting account. The difference between these options is that using cPanel or DirectAdmin, you'll have a web-based graphical interface to control a variety of server-side options and any site content that you generate or upload, whereas if you order the server without a Control Panel, you will have to do everything using a Secure Shell console or to set up a Control Panel of your liking, if it's compatible with the OS that you have selected throughout the sign up process. With the third Control Panel option which you can select on our order page - Hepsia, the root access will be limited.