If you have root-level access to a hosting server, it means that you will have full control over it. In other words, you can set up any server-side application irrespective of the changes that it'll make to the software environment on the server, and you are able to both access and change any file, including system files, and change various settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user which has full privileges to perform all these things as well as to make other users, including users who also have full privileges. This connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it's recommended that you make another user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to set up software that may be required by some script-driven application that you want to run.
Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Hosting
In case you pick the cPanel website hosting Control Panel, you will have full root access to your new dedicated server, no matter which of our plans you'll pick throughout the registration process. The same is valid when you choose not to install a Control Panel at all. Our servers will provide you with the possibility to run both really resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a standard shared web hosting account and apps that have particular requirements as to what the software environment on your web hosting server should be. The latter is something that can't be achieved on a shared machine, because no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned choices is that without having a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you obtain cPanel, most system settings as well as your website content will be controlled via a graphical interface. When you choose Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will receive a server with restricted root access.