HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software Oid, See object identifier, See Also access rights, Pdu

object class	Defines an entry type in the directory by defining which
	attributes are contained in the entry.
object identifier	A string, usually of decimal numbers, that uniquely identifies a
	schema element, such as an object class or an attribute, in an
	object-oriented system. Object identifiers are assigned by
	ANSI, IETF or similar organizations.
	See Also OID.
OID	See object identifier.
operational attribute	Contains information used internally by the directory to keep
	track of modifications and subtree properties. Operational
	attributes are not returned in response to a search unless
	explicitly requested.

P

parent access	When granted, indicates that users have access to entries
	below their own in the directory tree if the bind DN is the parent
	of the targeted entry.
pass-through authentication	See PTA.
pass-through subtree	In pass-through authentication, the PTA directory server will
	pass through bind requests to the authenticating directory
	server from all clients whose DN is contained in this subtree.
password file	A file on Unix machines that stores Unix user login names,
	passwords, and user ID numbers. It is also known as
	/etc/passwd because of where it is kept.
password policy	A set of rules that governs how passwords are used in a given
	directory.
permission	In the context of access control, permission states whether
	access to the directory information is granted or denied and the
	level of access that is granted or denied.
	See Also access rights.
PDU	Encoded messages which form the basis of data exchanges
	between SNMP devices. Also protocol data unit.
pointer CoS	A pointer CoS identifies the template entry using the template
	DN only.
presence index	Allows searches for entries that contain a specific indexed
	attribute.

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