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| A
lot of times people
want hosting with
access to root. But
what does "root
access" mean?
Root, or getting root,
is receiving the privledge
to access all of the
places on a computer.
If you think of a
server/computer as
a tree the roots control
the tree. The roots
of a tree allow water
in, minerals in and
are the lifeblood
of the tree. Anything
which goes into the
roots goes into the
entire tree. Anything
which affects the
roots of a tree affects
the entire tree. |
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| Servers
are set up with a
similar thought process
in that parts of the
server are broken
down into different
areas. Each different
area has its own privledges.
One area cannot affect
another area. For
example, if there
are three web sites
on a server and one
web site breaks the
other two will not
be affected. Each
web site is in its
own part of the server
and can affect only
itself. However, there
has to be a master
account or way into
each area or site.
If you don't have
a master method to
access all sites at
once it would be a
tremoundous amount
of effort if something
needed to be fixed
or updated on every
site on the server.
The method or access
to all of the parts
of the server is "root
access." When
someone has root access
they can affect everything
on the entire server
or change everything
on the entire server.
There are no restrictions
with root access.
If an error is made
in root access it
could "wipe out
the entire server." |
| So
why do people want
root access? Who knows.
But unless you are
leasing your own server
and need to affect
every account on the
server you don't need
root access. There
are some things you
can do to make your
site run more efficient
with root access,
but unless you know
what you are doing
you could destroy
the entire server.
And webhosting providers
are not going to allow
that to happen because
chances are there
is more than one client
on the server. Besides
that's what the webhosting
company is being paid
to do-manage the server
where your hosting
account is. It's not
your job to manage
the server, just to
manage your own web
site. |
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