Administration Guide › Set Up Access Controls › Access Control Rules

Access Control Rules

To define your access control policy, you define a set of rules.

Each access control rule determines the operations that can be performed by a user or client. A set of rules defines the complete access control policy.

For example, you can create rules that specify the following:

• Define access privileges for super users and public users
• Allow authenticated users to update their own entries
• Protect parts of the directory from public view

All access control rules contain parameters that specify who, where, and what the rule applies to. Rules are also cumulative, which means you can define a very complex access control policy.