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Glossary of Key Terms
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Access control lists (ACLs) In Linux, access control lists allow authorized users to set the permissions associated with a file or directory. Those permissions can supersede standard discretionary access controls.
Access vectors Access permissions represented by a bitmap. Commonly stored for SELinux security in an AVC.
Access vector cache (AVC) An access permission associated with SELinux.
account A PAM module that can verify account validity based on expiration dates, time limits, or configuration files with restricted users. Also known as account management.
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