Assignments; Schedules - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

Firefox policy: Lets you disable certain Firefox Web browser settings, such as saving
passwords and updating themes and extensions. The Firefox policy lets you configure pop-ups,
JavaScript* control, and more. For step-by-step instructions to create this policy, see
Section 16.3, "Firefox Policy," on page
Generic GNOME policy: Lets you configure GConf-based applications. You can import
settings from a device that is registered with the ZENworks Linux Management Server or you
can define your own GConf settings. While importing settings from a device, the system
imports all settings, including default settings, from that device. You must specify the name of
a user on the device from where you are importing the GConf settings. Only those GConf
settings are imported that are related to the user you have specified. For step-by-step
instructions to create this policy, see
Novell Linux Desktop policy: Lets you configure the Novell Linux Desktop settings. This
policy lets you remove certain items from the system menu, program menu, and personal
settings. It also lets you configure background image settings, shade settings, proxy settings,
and more. For step-by-step instructions to create this policy, see
Desktop Policy," on page
Remote Execute policy: Executes a script, binary, or Java file. The Remote Execute policy
also lets you specify your own script to be executed on managed devices. For step-by-step
instructions to create this policy, see
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop policy: Lets you configure the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop settings. This policy lets you remove certain items from the system menu, program
menu, and personal settings. It also lets you configure background image settings, shade
settings, proxy settings, and more. For step-by-step instructions to create this policy, see
Section 16.7, "SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Policy," on page
Text File policy: Applies changes to a text file. The Text File policy lets you append or
prepend to a file and also lets you apply a search-based change in which a given string in the
file can be replaced with another string, be deleted, and so forth. The search string can be
specified using a regular expression.
This policy also allows you to execute a script, binary, or Java program before and after the
text-file modification. It can be used for example, to change a configuration file. You might
want to stop a service before the file is modified and restart the service after the file
modification.
While creating a policy, only one file and one change can be specified. Editing a policy allows
you to add multiple files and specify more than one change to a file. For step-by-step
instructions to create this policy, see

15.2 Assignments

You can assign a policy directly to a device, or you can assign it to a folder or group in which the
device is a member. As a general rule, you should try to assign policies to device groups rather than
device folders.

15.3 Schedules

When assigning a policy to a device, you can specify the schedule for applying the policy.
Depending on the type of policy being applied, the following schedules are available. Click the link
in the left frame for details about each policy and its options, which vary, depending on the schedule.
Keep in mind that there are two different refresh schedules: the one you set with the individual
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