If you have root-level access to a server, this means that you will have full control of it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side app irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software setting on your server, and you can both access and update any kind of file, including system files, and modify various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and also to create other users, including users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make one more user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software which may be required by some script-driven application that you'd like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Web Hosting

When you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you'll pick throughout the signup process. Exactly the same is valid if you decide not to get a Control Panel at all. All of our servers give you the chance to run both very resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a regular shared web hosting account and applications that have specific requirements as to what the software environment on your website hosting server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, since no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the abovementioned solutions is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas 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 select Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll get a server with restricted root access.