Full Root-level Access
What does the full root-level access feature include? What rights will it bestow you with? How to log into your server as root?
When you have root-level access to a hosting server, it indicates that you will have full control over it. That is to say, you'll be able install any server-side app whatever the changes that it will make to the software setting on the server, and you will be able to both access and update any kind of file, which includes system files, and change any settings. You can do this by connecting to the server as a root user that has full privileges to do the aforementioned things and to create other users, which includes users that also have full privileges. The connection can be established using a web-based graphical interface or a Secure Shell console. For security reasons, it is recommended that you create a different user for your daily work and employ the root user only when you need to modify the server or to install software which may be required by a script-driven application that you'd like to run.
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Full Root-level Access in VPS Web Hosting
You are able to control your new
virtual private servers at the root level whatever the package that you've chosen, as long as the server is ordered with either the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, or without Control Panel at all. In the first case, multiple system settings can be managed from an easy to navigate web-based interface, while in the second, you will need to do everything via a console, unless you decide to install a Control Panel yourself. Either way, you will have full control over the VPS in addition to any system and custom content on it at all times, which makes this type of hosting perfect for any app that you cannot run with a shared web hosting account because of the restricted degree of access - frameworks, VoIP and audio/video streaming software, and so on. The final VPS Control Panel alternative is Hepsia, however the root access to your server will be limited.
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Full Root-level Access in Dedicated Servers Hosting
If you pick the cPanel or the DirectAdmin web hosting Control Panel, you'll have full root access to your new
dedicated server, regardless of which of our plans you'll choose during the registration process. The same is valid when you choose not to get a Control Panel at all. All of our servers will provide you with the chance to run both very resource-demanding applications that are too heavy for a regular shared web hosting account and apps which have particular requirements as to what the program environment on the server should be. The latter is something that cannot be achieved on a shared machine, due to the fact that no server-side software can be installed on it. The difference between the aforementioned solutions is that without a Control Panel, server management can be done only from a console, while if you get cPanel or DirectAdmin, most of the system settings and your website content can be controlled through a graphical interface. If you select Hepsia, that is the last Control Panel option on the order page, you will have a server with limited root access.