Defining And Locking Down Device Configuration Settings - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

To create a File bundle:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Bundles tab.
2 In the Bundle list, click New > Bundle to display the Create New Bundle Wizard.
3 Select File bundle, then click Next.
4 Follow the prompts to create the File bundle and assign it to devices. For information about
what you need to supply at each step of the wizard, click the
When assigning the bundle to devices, you can lessen your management overhead by assigning
the bundle to groups of devices rather than to individual devices. For more information about
device groups, see Section 1.1, "Organizing Devices: Folders and Groups," on page
For more detailed information about using bundles and bundle groups to deliver software to devices,
see Chapter 20, "Using RPM and File Bundles," on page
1.6 Defining and Locking Down Device
Configuration Settings
Through the use of policies, you can control and lock down the configuration settings for the
following applications:
Epiphany Web browser
Evolution e-mail client
TM
Mozilla Firefox Web browser
GNOME*
Novell Linux Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Additionally, you can create policies that run applications on a device, or perform modifications to a
text-based configuration file using regular expressions.
You can apply individual policies to devices. You can also add policies to policy groups and apply
the policy groups to devices.
Some policies are singular, meaning that only one instance of the policy can apply to the device.
Other policies are plural, meaning that multiple instances can apply. Because a device inherits policy
assignments from any groups or folders in which it is a member, conflicting assignments can occur.
In this case, ZENworks determines the effective policies by first applying any device-assigned
policies, then any group-assigned policies, and then any folder-assigned policies.
You can define the schedule for policies. The schedule determines when a policy is applied to a
device.
To create a policy:
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Policies tab.
2 In the Policies list, click New > Policy to display the Create New Policy Wizard.
3 Follow the prompts to create the policy and assign it to devices. For information about what
you need to supply at each step of the wizard, click the
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