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title: posixAccount
description: OID
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# posixAccount

|                       |                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.0                                                                                                                                                                  |
| *Names*               | posixAccount                                                                                                                                                                     |
| *Description*         | Abstraction of an account with POSIX attributes                                                                                                                                  |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                                                                               |
| *Class type*          | AUXILIARY: for use in augmenting attributes of entries that already have a structural object class.                                                                              |
| *Required attributes* | [cn](at-cn.html), [gidNumber](at-gidNumber.html), [homeDirectory](at-homeDirectory.html), [objectClass](at-objectClass.html), [uid](at-uid.html), [uidNumber](at-uidNumber.html) |
| *Optional attributes* | [authPassword](at-authPassword.html), [description](at-description.html), [gecos](at-gecos.html), [loginShell](at-loginShell.html), [userPassword](at-userPassword.html)         |
| *Origin*              | [draft-howard-rfc2307bis](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-howard-rfc2307bis)                                                                                         |
| *Schema file*         | 04-rfc2307bis.ldif                                                                                                                                                               |