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title: account
description: Entries of this object class represent computer accounts.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
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# account

Entries of this object class represent computer accounts.

Use `uid` as the naming attribute.

|                       |                                                                                                                                        |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 0.9.2342.19200300.100.4.5                                                                                                              |
| *Names*               | account                                                                                                                                |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                                     |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain.                   |
| *Required attributes* | [objectClass](at-objectClass.html), [uid](at-uid.html)                                                                                 |
| *Optional attributes* | [description](at-description.html), [host](at-host.html), [l](at-l.html), [o](at-o.html), [ou](at-ou.html), [seeAlso](at-seeAlso.html) |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 4524](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4524)                                                                              |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                                           |