When you have root-level access to a hosting server, this means that you will have full control of it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software setting on your server, and you are able to both access and update any file, including system files, and change any settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to do all these things and also to make other users, including users that also have full privileges. This particular can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For safety reasons, it is recommended that you create another user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you have to modify the server or to install software that may be required by some script-driven app that you'd like to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS
You are able to take care of your new virtual private servers at the root level regardless of the plan that you've chosen, as long as the server is ordered with the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, or without any Control Panel at all. In the first case, a large number of system settings can be managed via an easy to use web-based interface, while in the second, you will need to make everything through 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 at all times, that makes this type of web hosting perfect for any application which you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, etc. The last VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, but the root access to your server is limited.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting
In case you pick the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our packages you will choose throughout the signup process. The exact same is valid if you decide not to add a Control Panel at all. All our servers provide you with the chance to run both very resource-demanding apps which are too heavy for a standard shared website hosting account and applications which have certain requirements as to what the program environment on the web hosting server should be. The latter is something which can't be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the aforementioned alternatives is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, whereas if you get cPanel, most system settings and your web content will be managed via a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you'll have a server with limited root access.