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Policy Feedback from PM
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# Policies # Policies
In Vault, use policies to govern the behavior of clients by specifying the In Vault, use policies to govern the behavior of clients and instrument
access privilege (_authorization_). Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) by specifying access privileges
(_authorization_).
When you first initialize Vault, the When you first initialize Vault, the
[**`root`**](/docs/concepts/policies.html#root-policy) policy gets created by [**`root`**](/docs/concepts/policies.html#root-policy) policy gets created by
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`default` policy is attached to all tokens and provides common permissions. `default` policy is attached to all tokens and provides common permissions.
Everything in Vault is path based, and write policies to grant or forbid access Everything in Vault is path based, and write policies to grant or forbid access
to certain paths and operations in Vault. Empty policy grants **no permission** to certain paths and operations in Vault. Vault operates on a **secure by default**
in the system. standard, and as such an empty policy grants **no permission** in the system.
### HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) ### HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
Policies written in [HCL](https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl) format are often Policies written in [HCL](https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl) format are often
referred as **_ACL Policy_**. [Sentinel](https://www.hashicorp.com/sentinel) is referred as **_ACL Policies_**. [Sentinel](https://www.hashicorp.com/sentinel) is
another framework for policy which is available in [Vault another framework for policy which is available in [Vault
Enterprise](/docs/enterprise/index.html). Since Sentinel is an enterprise-only Enterprise](/docs/enterprise/index.html). Since Sentinel is an enterprise-only
feature, this guide focuses on writing ACL policies. feature, this guide focuses on writing ACL policies.