Full Root-level Access
What is "Full Rool-level Access"? Does it actually supply you with complete & full control over a web server?
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 install any server-side application no matter what the changes that it will make to the software setting on your server, and you'll be able to both access and customize any file, including system files, and modify various settings. This can be done 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 that also have full privileges. This connection can be established with a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you make a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to customize the server or to install software that may be required by some script-driven app that you want to run.
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Full Root-level Access in VPS Servers
You are able to control your new
VPS servers at the root level regardless of the package that you have selected, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or devoid of Control Panel at all. In the first case, a lot of system settings can be managed from an easy to work with web-based interface, whereas in the second, you will need to do everything using a console, unless you decide to set up a Control Panel yourself. In either case, you will have full control over the VPS and any kind of system and custom content on it all of the time, that makes this kind of hosting perfect for any application that you can't run with a shared web hosting account due to the restricted level of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and many others. The final VPS Control Panel choice is Hepsia, however the root access to your server is restricted.
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Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers
In case 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 pick during the signup process. The same is valid when you choose not to use a Control Panel at all. Our servers will provide you with the option to run both really resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared web hosting account and apps that have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the website hosting server needs to be. The latter is something that 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 solutions is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only via a console, while if you acquire cPanel or DirectAdmin, the majority of system settings along with your web content will be managed via a graphical interface. If you pick Hepsia, which is the last Control Panel option on the registration page, you will receive a server with limited root access.