When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you can install any server-side application whatever the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you'll be able to both access and update any file, which includes system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and also to create other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you make a separate user for your daily work and use the root user only when you have to modify the server or to set up software that may be needed by some script-driven application that you would like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting
You're able to manage your new virtual private 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 website hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, a number of system settings can be controlled through a user-friendly web-based interface, while in the second, you will need to do everything using a console, until you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS and any system and custom content on it all of the time, which makes this type of web hosting perfect for any app that you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The last VPS Control Panel option is Hepsia, however the root access to your server is restricted.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting
When you get one of the Linux dedicated servers hosting packages which we supply, you'll have full root-level access and you'll be able to do anything that you are unable to do using a shared web hosting account - to update the server-side PHP settings, to set up frameworks or media streaming software, and many others. You will be able to order the server without any web hosting Control Panel and do everything through a console, unless you set up a third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to take care of your sites and many system settings. In all 3 cases, you will have full control over your server. The considerable amount of resources that you'll get makes our dedicated packages the perfect choice for any kind of content that you'd like to have. The servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are simpler to take care of, however the root access to such a machine will be limited.