Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2, Administration Manual

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Managing Policies
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Managing Policies
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Linux Management Policies give you the ability to define and lock down
configuration settings of various applications on managed devices. ZENworks Linux Management
provides policies for a number of popular applications, plus powerful tools to create customized
policies for other applications. In addition to creating policies, as described in
Chapter 16, “Creating
Policies,” on page 133 , you can create groups and folders to assign policies to, edit existing policies,
and more.
The following sections contain additional information:
Š Section 17.1, “Creating Policies,” on page 183
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Section 17.2, “Creating Folders,” on page 184
Š Section 17.3, “Creating Policy Groups,” on page 185
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Section 17.4, “Assigning Policies,” on page 188
Š Section 17.5, “Removing Policy Assignments,” on page 189
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Section 17.6, “Adding Policies to Existing Groups,” on page 190
Š Section 17.7, “Editing Policies,” on page 190
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Section 17.8, “Editing System Requirements,” on page 200
Š Section 17.9, “Refreshing Policies,” on page 202
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Section 17.10, “Verifying Policy Enforcement,” on page 202
Š Section 17.11, “Renaming, Copying, or Moving Policies,” on page 203
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Section 17.12, “Deleting Policies, Policy Groups, and Folders,” on page 204
Š Section 17.13, “Unenforcing Policies,” on page 205
17.1 Creating Policies
Step-by-step instructions to create policies are contained in Chapter 16, “Creating Policies,” on
page 133 .
ZENworks lets you create seven types of policies:
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Epiphany policy: Configures the Epiphany Web browser. For step-by-step instructions to
create this policy, see Section 16.1, “Epiphany Policy,” on page 133 .
Š Evolution policy: Configures the Evolution
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e-mail client. For step-by-step instructions to
create this policy, see Section 16.2, “Evolution Policy,” on page 139 .
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Firefox policy: Configures the Firefox Web browser. For step-by-step instructions to create
this policy, see Section 16.3, “Firefox Policy,” on page 145 .
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Generic GNOME policy: Configures GConf applications. For step-by-step instructions to
create this policy, see Section 16.4, “Generic GNOME Policy,” on page 151 .
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Novell Linux Desktop policy: Configures the Novell Linux Desktop settings. For step-by-step
instructions to create this policy, see Section 16.5, “Novell Linux Desktop Policy,” on
page 156 .