It is the responsibility of the Security Policy Administrator to add dynamic account groups to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.
Dynamic account groups are associated with rules engines that run when pertinent objects are created or changed. For example:
- Whenever you add or change an asset account, all applicable rules are reevaluated against that asset account.
- Whenever you change an asset account rule, the rule is reevaluated against all asset accounts within the scope of that rule. In other words, the rule is reevaluated against all asset accounts for grouping and the asset accounts within the designated partitions for tagging.
You can create a dynamic account group without any rules; however, no accounts will be added to this dynamic account group until you have added a rule.
In large environments, there is a possibility that the user interface may return before all of the rules have been reevaluated and you may not see the results you were expecting. If this happens, wait a few minutes and Refresh the screen to view the results.
To add a dynamic account group
- Navigate to Administrative Tools | Account Groups.
- Click
Add | Add Dynamic Account Group from the toolbar.
- In the Dynamic Account Group dialog, provide information in each of the tabs:
On the General tab of the Dynamic Account Group dialog, supply general information about the dynamic account group.
Table 30: Dynamic Account Group: General tab
| Name |
Enter a unique name for the dynamic account group.
Limit: 50 characters |
| Description |
Enter information about this dynamic account group.
Limit: 255 characters |
Use the rule editor controls on the Account Rules tab of the Dynamic Account Group dialog to define the accounts that are to be included in the dynamic account group.
Table 31: Dynamic Account Group: Asset Account Rules tab
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Enable rule for this group |
Select this check box to include an asset account rule for this dynamic account group. Selecting this check box enables the rule editor controls.
NOTE: You can create a dynamic account group without any rules; however, no accounts will to added to this dynamic account group until you have added a rule. |
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AND | OR |
Click AND to group multiple search criteria together where all criteria must be met in order to be included.
Click OR to group multiple search criteria together where at least one of the criteria must be met in order to be included. |
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Attribute |
In the first query clause box, select the attribute to be searched. Valid attributes include:
- Name (Default)
- Description
- Platform
- Disabled
- Tag
- Service Account
- Partition Name
- Asset Name
- Asset Tag
- Domain Name
- NETBIOS Name
- Distinguished Name (You cannot do a one-level search with this attribute.)
- SID
- Discovered Group Name (Use this selection to not specify the domain in the search. To specify the domain, select Discovered Group Distinguished Name.)
- Discovered Group Distinguished Name (Use this selection to specify the search is for the domain to which the group belongs.)
- Directory Container (If you use the operator Equal, one level is found.)
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Operator |
In the middle clause query box, select the operator to be used in the search. The operators available depend upon the data type of the attribute selected.
For string attributes, the operators may include:
- Contains (Default)
- Does not contain
- Starts with
- Ends with
- Equals
- Not equal
For boolean attributes (such as Service Account), the operators may include:
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Search string |
In the last clause query box, enter the search string or value to be used to find a match.
If you selected an attribute of Discovered Group Name, Discovered Group Distinguished Name, or Directory Container:
- Click Browse to go to the Select Directory Asset to Search dialog to locate the search string. The Name, Asset Partition, and Description for each directory display.
- Choose a directory and click OK.
- On the Location dialog, select the location and click OK.
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Click to the left of a search clause to add an additional clause to the search criteria.
Click  to remove the search clause from the search criteria. |
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Add Grouping | Remove |
Click the Add Grouping button to add an additional set of conditions to be met.
A new grouping is added under the last query clause in a group and appears in a bordered pane, showing that it is subordinate to the higher-level query conditions.
Click the Remove button to remove a grouping from the search criteria. |
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Preview |
Click Preview to run the query in order to review the results of the query before adding the dynamic group. |
On the Summary tab of the Dynamic Account Group dialog, review the rules defined and add the dynamic account group.
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Review the rules defined for this dynamic account group.
- Return to the Account Rules tab to modify any of the rules if necessary.
- Click Add Account Group to create the dynamic account group.
