Group Policy processes the policy settings information in GPOs by delegating to client-side extensions (CSEs). The
/opt/quest/lib/cse_mod directory stores the client-side extensions to the Group Policy framework. Several default CSEs come ready to process GPOs immediately after installing Group Policy. Group Policy provides the following CSEs:
- Licensing Extension
Provides support for licensing policies.
- Safeguard Authentication Services Configuration Extension
Provides support for the Safeguard Authentication Services-related policies.
- Microsoft Security Extension
Provides support for some Windows security settings.
- Macintosh Settings Extension
Provides support for macOS management settings.
- Sudo Extension
Provides support for sudo policy option.
- Dynamic File Copy Extension
Provides support for dynamic file copy.
- Unix Settings Extension
Provides support for the Unix file and script policies.
- SSH Extension
Provides support for OpenSSH.
- Samba Extension
Provides support for Samba.
- One Identity Defender Extension
Provides support for One Identity Defender policies.
- One Identity Privilege Manager for Unix
Provides support for One Identity Privilege Manager for Unix policies.
- Administrative Templates Extension
Provides support for Administrative Templates.
- Group Policy Extension
Provides support for the Group Policy-related policies.
In Windows-only environments, administrators extend Group Policy through Administrative Templates. Administrative Templates provide policy description information as well as information used to build a graphical user interface to manage those policies. Group Policy stores this information in human-readable text-file format with an ADM extension.
Once you load the Administrative Templates into the Group Policy Object Editor (GPOE), the GPOE namespace is extended with new Unix-specific nodes.
On Unix, ADM policies are supported using Perl scripts that translate Windowsregistry.pol files into Unix configuration file settings. Group Policy refers to the translator scripts as xlators.
You can write custom xlator scripts in any language.
Some policies support the concept of an Apply mode. The Apply mode affects the way settings defined by policy are combined with local settings. There are two possible Apply modes:
- Replace
Settings defined in policy replace all local settings or configuration files.
- Merge
Settings defined by policy are merged with settings defined locally. For any conflicting settings the policy settings take precedence. Merge is the default for most policies that support Apply mode.
Configured policies that support Apply mode display the mode in the Apply Mode column in the Group Policy Object Editor.
To set the Group Policy Apply mode
- In Group Policy Object Editor, select a policy.
- To set the Apply Mode to Replace, open the Action menu and select the Remove local configuration option.
Note: You can also right-click the policy to choose the Remove local configuration option from the context menu.
- To reset the Apply Mode to Merge, open the Action menu and select the Remove local configuration option again.
Note: The policy must be configured in order to change the Apply mode. If the policy is not configured, the Remove local configuration option is not enabled on the Action menu.
Note: Some policies, such as scripts, do not support Apply mode. If the policy does not support Apply mode, the Remove local configuration item in the Action menu is not available and the Apply Mode column in Group Policy Object Editor is blank.
