When you apply a Policy Object (see Applying Policy Objects), Active Roles creates an object, referred to as a Policy Object link, that stores information about the Policy Object and about the directory object on which the Policy Object is applied. Basically, the management of policy settings in Active Roles comes to the management of Policy Objects and Policy Object links. This topic provides some instructions you can use to view or modify Policy Object links.
To view or modify Policy Object links in which a given Policy Object occurs
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Right-click the Policy Object, and click Policy Scope.
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In the Active Roles Policy Scope dialog, do the following:
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To create a new link, click Add, and then use the Select Objects dialog to locate and select the object to which you want to link the Policy Object.
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To delete a link, select it from the list and click Remove.
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To view or modify the properties of a link, such as the inheritance options, select the link from the list and click View/Edit. For information about inheritance options, see Applying Policy Objects.
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To specify whether a link removes or puts the effect of the Policy Object on the object to which the Policy Object is linked, select the link and click Exclude or Include, respectively.
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To view or modify a list of the Policy Objects on a given object
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Open the Active Roles Policy dialog for the object in one of the following ways:
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Right-click the object, and click Enforce Policy.
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Right-click the object, and click Properties. Then, on the Administration tab in the Properties dialog, click Policy.
The Active Roles Policy dialog for a given object lists all the Policy Objects that determine the policy settings on that object. Use the following instructions to modify the list, if necessary.
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In the Active Roles Policy dialog, do the following:
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To define additional policy settings on the object, click Add, and then select one or more Policy Objects that determine the policy settings.
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To remove the effect of a certain Policy Object on the object you are administering, select the Blocked check box next to the name of the Policy Object. Clear the check box if you want the Policy Object to have an effect on the object.
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To delete a Policy Object link on the object, select the Policy Object and click Remove. (This operation can be performed if the Policy Object is linked to the object itself rather than to a container or Managed Unit that holds the object).
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To view or modify policies in a Policy Object, select the Policy Object and click View/Edit. For more information, see Modifying policies in a Policy Object.
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To display a list of the Policy Object links that determine the policy settings on the object, click Advanced. Use the following instructions to administer the list, if necessary.
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To view or modify Policy Object links that determine the policy settings on a given object
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In the Active Roles Policy dialog, click Advanced.
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In the Active Roles Policy - Advanced View dialog, do the following:
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To create a new link, click Add, and then select the Policy Object you want.
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To delete a link, select it from the list and click Remove. (This operation can be performed if the Policy Object is linked to the object itself rather than to a container or Managed Unit that holds the object.)
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To view or modify the properties of a link, such as the inheritance options, select the link from the list and click View/Edit.
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To specify whether a link removes or puts the effect of the Policy Object on the object you are administering, select the link and click Exclude or Include, respectively.
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NOTE: Consider the following when managing Policy Object links:
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By default, the Active Roles Policy - Advanced View dialog for an object lists all the links that determine the policy settings on the object, regardless of whether a link was created on the object itself or on a container or Managed Unit that holds the object. To change the display of the list, clear the Show inherited check box.
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Clicking View/Edit in the Active Roles Policy - Advanced View or Active Roles Policy Scope dialog displays the Properties dialog for the selected link. From the Properties dialog, you can access the properties of both the directory object and Policy Object that are covered by the link, and view or modify the inheritance options for the link. For more information, see Applying Policy Objects.
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You can also manage Policy Object links on the Active Roles Policy Scope or Active Roles Policy tab in the Advanced Details Pane, which allows you to perform the same tasks as the Active Roles Policy Scope or Active Roles Policy dialog, respectively. Right-click a link or a blank area on the tab, and use command on the shortcut menu. The Active Roles Policy Scope tab is displayed when you select a Policy Object. Otherwise, the Active Roles Policy tab is displayed. To display the Advanced Details Pane, check Advanced Details Pane on the View menu (see Advanced pane in the Active Roles Feature Guide).