Explanation of Hosting-Related User Accounts
During your hosting account purchase, set up, and management, you create a number of accounts that are used to access different interfaces related to your hosted website. Each account is protected with a user name and password. These account interfaces and their functions are explained below:
Account Manager
The Account Manager interface is used for your hosted Website's administrative tasks and is tied to the account under which your hosting was purchased. The login name and password that were supplied during the checkout process are used to access this interface. The management of all products, not just hosting, takes place in the Account Manager.
Functions: account balances, operating system changes, adding dedicated IP addresses
Hosting Control Panel
It is through the Hosting Control Panel interface that the set up and management of your hosted Website takes place. It is accessed through the Account Manager interface and shares the same account. Thus, no separate login name and password is required.
Functions: management of account settings, content, databases, and Website statistics
FTP
The login name and password specified to activate your hosted Website is used to automatically create a default FTP user account. This account information must be supplied if using a third-party FTP client to upload Website content. You can create additional FTP user accounts for a single hosted Website through the Hosting Control Panel for any Linux hosting plan. For more information, see Creating Additional FTP Users on your Linux Shared Hosting Account. These account login name/password combinations must be unique.
Functions: uploading Website content
Web statistics
When Web statistics are enabled, you can access the reporting interface through the Hosting Control Panel. By default, the same login name and password as your default FTP user account grants access to your Web Statistics. However, using the Hosting Control Panel, you can specify a unique login name and password for accessing Website statistics.
Functions: accessing Web statistics
Databases
If your hosted Website requires the storage of data, an account is created for each database that is created. The login name/password combination for each database account must be unique.
Functions: Database management, including the creation and maintenance of tables and stored procedures