Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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policy is to be applied) is different than the operating system of the device from which the
settings have been imported, a warning message is generated. However, the policy settings are
enforced.
If you chose the
Define a setting on your own option in Step 6 on page 153 , and you want to
include the default system requirement in the policy, you must specify the distribution and
version of the operating system. If you do not include this setting in the policy, the system does
not check for minimum operating system requirements and immediately enforces the policy.
Refer to the contents of the
/etc/SuSE-release
or
/etc/redhat-release
file to obtain the
correct string for your platform.
11 Click Next to display the Summary page.
12 Click Finish to create the policy as configured according to the settings on the Summary page.
If you click Finish , the Generic GNOME policy is created but it does not have devices assigned
or a schedule. At some point in the future, you need to configure additional options for the
policy by continuing with
Section 17.4, “Assigning Policies,” on page 188 .
or
Click
Next to display the Policy Assignment page to perform the following tasks:
Š Specify assignments for this policy
Š
Specify the schedule for this policy
Š Specify groups for this policy
13 Assign the policy to the devices.
13a Click Add to browse for and select the appropriate Server or Workstation objects.
You can also select Folder or Group objects.
13b Click the down-arrow next to Servers or Workstations to expand the list, then click the
underlined link in the Name column to select the desired objects and display their names
in the Selected list box.
Assigning a policy to a Group object is the preferred method of assigning the policy.
Assigning the policy to a large number of objects (for example, more than 250) might
cause increased server utilization.
13c Click OK .
14 Click Next to display the Policy Schedule page.