Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 813

Glossary
access control The process of controlling who is allowed to do what. For example, access
control to servers is typically based on an identity, established by a password or a
certificate, and on rules regarding what that entity can do. See also access control list
(ACL).
access control instructions (ACI) An access rule that specifies (1) how subjects
requesting access are to be identified or (2) what rights are allowed or denied for a
particular subject or subjects. See access control list (ACL).
access control list (ACL) A collection of access control entries that define a hierarchy of
access rules to be evaluated when a server receives a request for access to a particular
resource. See access control instructions (ACI).
administrator The person who installs and configures one or more CS managers and sets
up privileged users, or agents, for them. See also agent.
agent A user who belongs to a group authorized to manage agent services for a CS
manager. See also Certificate Manager agent, Registration Manager agent, Data Recovery
Manager agent.
agent-approved enrollment An enrollment that requires an agent to approve the
enrollment request before the certificate is issued.
agent services 1. Services that can be administered by a CS agent via HTML pages
served by the CS manager for which the agent has been assigned the necessary privileges.
2. The HTML pages for administering such services.
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