When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able set up any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you can both access and customize any file, which includes system files, and modify any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to generate other users, including users who also have full privileges. This particular can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create a different user for your daily work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be required by some script-driven application that you wish to run.

Full Root-level Access in VPS

If you order a virtual private servers from us, you'll have full root-level access in 3 cases - if the server features no website hosting Control Panel at all, or when you select cPanel or DirectAdmin throughout the order process. In the first case, you'll be able to update each part of the system using a Secure Shell console, while in the second, you can still use SSH to connect and to make adjustments, however you will also have a graphical interface accessible to control your web content and almost all the system settings. The root access makes our virtual server plans a very good choice if you need to run any kind of software which you cannot install in an ordinary shared website hosting account. With the last Control Panel option - Hepsia, you'll be able to connect through SSH and to take care of the content on the server, but the root access privileges will be more restricted.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting

If you choose the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you will pick during the signup process. The very same is valid if you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will give you the opportunity to run both really resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a shared hosting account and apps that have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the server needs to 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 aforementioned alternatives is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only through a console, whereas if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings as well as your web content will be controlled via a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you'll get a server with restricted root access.