When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you will have full control of it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side app no matter what the changes that it'll make to the software setting on the server, and you are able to both access and update any kind of file, including system files, and change various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to make other users, which includes users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to set up software which may be needed by a script-driven app that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

If you select the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you'll choose during the registration process. The exact same is valid if you choose not to get a Control Panel at all. Our servers will provide you with the opportunity to run both very resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a standard shared hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the server needs to be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, as no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you obtain cPanel, the majority of system settings and your web content will be managed via a graphical interface. When you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll get a server with restricted root access.