When working with users, the primary function of a provider is managing the first-level resellers. The provider can create and manage resellers, and assign system resources to them so that resellers can perform their functions. That is, resellers can distribute the system resources further, to customers and resellers of lower levels.
When a first-level reseller and a corresponding account is created, the provider uses roles and privileges to define the specific part of the system which a given reseller will be responsible for, and subsequently where they will have the necessary powers to manage system objects. Acting on behalf of this reseller, the provider can also create resellers of lower levels that will be subordinate to the given reseller. This is not the provider’s primary function, however.