When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you'll have full control of it. That is to say, you can install any server-side application no matter what the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you can 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 who has full privileges to perform all these things and also to create other users, including users that 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 make another user for your everyday work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software which may be needed by a script-driven app that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you select the cPanel web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you will pick throughout the signup process. The very same is valid if you choose not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers provide you with the opportunity to run both really resource-demanding apps that are too heavy for a shared website hosting account and applications which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the website hosting server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you obtain cPanel, most system settings and your site content will be managed through a graphical interface. When you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll have a server with restricted root access.