Computer security Question:
What is an ACE (Access Control Entry)?
Answer:
Access-Control Entries that is used to build Access-Control Lists (ACLs).
Each ACE contains the following information:
* A SID, that identifies the trustee. A trustee can be a user account, group account, or a logon account for a program such as a Windows NT service.
* An access mask specifying access rights controlled by the ACE.
* Flags that indicates the type of ACE and flags that determine whether other objects or containers can inherit the ACE from the primary object to which the ACL is attached.
Each ACE contains the following information:
* A SID, that identifies the trustee. A trustee can be a user account, group account, or a logon account for a program such as a Windows NT service.
* An access mask specifying access rights controlled by the ACE.
* Flags that indicates the type of ACE and flags that determine whether other objects or containers can inherit the ACE from the primary object to which the ACL is attached.
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