If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you'll have full control over it. That is to say, you can install any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you will be able to both access and change any file, including system files, and modify any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform the aforementioned things and to make other users, including users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to customize the server or to install software that may be needed by some script-driven app that you'd like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers
The VPS servers that we provide are suitable for different purposes, based on what you would like to install and run on them and the experience that you have. If your server is provided with the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access and will be able to manage your world-wide web content with a graphical interface, while you can still install server-side applications that may be needed by your web sites and even by offline apps, including VoIP software, media encoding software, various frameworks, etcetera. Without any Control Panel, you will also have full root-level access, but you will need to do everything using a console. When you choose to use our custom-built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, there're certain root access limitations, but this configuration is the simplest to control. This way, you will be able to choose the virtual server package which you really need.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers
When you get one of the dedicated servers that we offer, you will have full root-level access and you can do anything that you can't do using a shared website hosting account - to customize the server-side PHP settings, to install frameworks or media streaming software, and the like. You may order the server without any web hosting Control Panel and do everything with a console, unless you install a third-party tool, or you can order it with cPanel or DirectAdmin and use a web-based graphical interface to manage your websites and many system settings. In all three cases, you'll have full control over the server. The huge amount of system resources which you'll receive makes our dedicated plans an excellent choice for any kind of content that you would like to have. The servers which are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel are simpler to take care of, yet the root access to such a server will be restricted.