If you have root-level access to a server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. In other words, you'll be able install any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it will make to the software environment on the server, and you can both access and modify any file, which includes system files, and change various settings. This can be done by connecting to the server as a root user who has full privileges to do all these things and to make other users, including users who also have full privileges. The connection can be established through a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create one more user for your everyday work and use the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software which may be needed by some script-driven app that you wish to run.
Full Root-level Access in VPS
You'll be able to control your new virtual private servers at the root level whatever the package that you've selected, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin website hosting Control Panel, or without Control Panel at all. In the first case, many system settings can be managed via an easy to use web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will have to make everything using a console, until you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS and any system and / or custom content on it all of the time, that makes this type of website hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the limited level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The final VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, yet the root access to your server is limited.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting
When you select the cPanel or the DirectAdmin hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new dedicated server, regardless of which of our packages you'll select during the signup process. The very same is valid if you decide not to get a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will provide you with the opportunity to run both really resource-demanding applications which are too heavy for a shared web hosting account and apps which have specific requirements as to what the program environment on the hosting server should be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be set up on it. The difference between the abovementioned options is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you obtain cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings along with your website content will be managed through a graphical interface. When you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will get a server with limited root access.