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20.2.2 Credential slots
As mentioned previously, every vault segment contains one or more credential slots. Slots are "drawers" where portlets store and retrieve a user's credentials. Each slot holds one credential and links to a resource in a vault implementation. There are four different types of slots:
| A system slot stores system credentials where the actual secret is shared among all users and portlets. It is a shared slot that belongs to an administrative segment.
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| An administrative slot allows each user to store a secret for an administrator-defined resource (for example, Lotus Notes). It is an unshared slot that belongs to an administrative segment.
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| A shared slot stores user credentials that are shared among the user's portlets. It is a shared slot that belongs to the user segment.
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| A portlet private slot stores user credentials that are not shared among portlets. It is an unshared slot that belongs to the user segment.
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You will find an example of using private slots in Chapter 21, The Credential Vault.
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