When you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software environment on your server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any kind of file, which includes system files, and modify various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and also to generate other users, including users that also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it's recommended that you create one more user for your daily work and use the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software that may be required by some script-driven app that you would like to run.

Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers

Each dedicated server that we provide gives you full root-level access, if the server is ordered with no Control Panel, or with cPanel. If you want to install and run heavy, resource-demanding applications and they have specific requirements with regard to the server software setting which cannot be fulfilled by a standard shared hosting package, our servers will be the right solution. With no Control Panel at hand, you are able to access the server and modify its settings as well as the content which you upload through a console, whereas with cPanel you will use a graphical interface to manage everything related to your web content, as well as the majority of server-side settings. Of course, if you get a dedicated server devoid of Control Panel, you can set up some third-party tool manually, as long as it supports the OS that you have chosen at registration. If you select our Hepsia Control Panel on the order page, you'll have limited root access, however you can still do quite a lot of things through a Secure Shell console.