Restricting Access and Protecting Code

Hi All

I have written an application in PHP that will be used by telecoms and ISP's. It will be installed on a server that will only be running this app. Will most probably be using the latest SuSE linux version.
I need to provide them with root access to the server so that
they may perform simple issues such as IP address changes and backups.

I do not want them to have access to my code nor the postgres db.
It is vital that this is protected.
There are some php encoders available such as Zend Encoder.
Do these encoders do the job well?

Could someone please advise me on the best way forward.

Much appreciated

Barry
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