Each item (e.g. program, file, transaction) to which access is controlled is a called a resource. A resource has a name and a class, which indicates the type of the resource. For example, each enterprise server is a resource, and all enterprise servers belong to the same resource class.
A resource name must be unique within its class. That is, you can define two or more resources with the same name, provided that they belong to different classes.
Resources, such as ES configuration definitions in MFDirectory Server, use resource class names defined by Micro Focus. Users can also define their own resource classes for performing explicit access checks in applications.
When a user requests access to a resource the security facility relays the request to the external security manager, specifying the user, the resource and the resource class. The security manager will then look for resource rules that match the resource name. The processing of a request is dependent on the external security manager.
The entities and classes used are specified in the tables listed below.