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Chapter 2: Management and Maintenance
If a period "." followed by a tab is now entered, NetDefendOS displays the current value for
Address. If that value were the IPv4 list 10.6.58.10,192.168.2.1 then the unfinished command line
will automatically become:
gw-world:/> set Address IPAddress If1_ip Address=10.6.58.10,192.168.2.1
The displayed values can then be added to or changed with the backspace and back arrow keys
before completing the command.
Object Categories
It has been mentioned that objects are grouped by type, such as IP4Address. Types themselves
are grouped by category. The type IP4Address belongs to the category Address. The main use of
categories is in tab completion when searching for the right object type to use.
If a command such as add is entered and then the tab key is pressed, NetDefendOS displays all
the available categories. By choosing a category and then pressing tab again all the object types
for that category is displayed. Using categories means that the user has a simple way to specify
what kind of object they are trying to specify and a manageable number of options are displayed
after pressing tab.
Not all object types belong in a category. The object type UserAuthRule is a type without a
category and will appear in the category list after pressing tab at the beginning of a command.
The category is sometimes also referred to as the CLI context. The category does not have to be
entered for the command to be valid but always appears when using tab completion. As
discussed later, when commands are created automatically using CLI scripting, NetDefendOS
omits the category in the commands it creates.
Selecting Object Categories
With some categories, it is necessary to first choose a member of that category with the cc
(change category) command before individual objects can be manipulated. This is the case, for
example, with routes. There can be more than one routing table, so when adding or
manipulating a route we first have to use the cc command to identify which routing table we are
interested in.
Suppose a route is to be added to the routing table main. The first command would be:
gw-world:/> cc RoutingTable main
gw-world:/main>
Notice that the command prompt changes to indicate the current category. The route can now
be added:
gw-world:/main> add Route Name=new_route1 Interface=lan Network=If1_net
To deselect the category, the command is cc on its own:
gw-world:/main> cc
gw-world:/>
The categories that require an initial cc command before object manipulation have a "/"
character following their names when displayed by a show command. For example:
RoutingTable/ .
Specifying Multiple Property Values
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