Endpoint Administration Guide for UNIX › Managing Policy Models › Automatic Rule-based Policy Updates › How the Policy Model Updates Subscribers › Filter Updates

Filter Updates

If you want your PMDB to update different subsets of data at different subscriber databases, you need to define which records are sent to subscriber databases.

To filter updates

1. Configure PMDBs to serve as parents to subsets of subscribers.
2. Modify the filter token in the pmd.ini file of the parent PMDB, to point to a filter file you set up on the same computer.

   Updates to the subscriber databases are then limited to the records that pass the filter.

Note: When you execute a join or join- selang command in the native UNIX environment, CA ControlMinder changes the command to change group (cg). To filter join or join- commands in the native UNIX environment, use the following line in the filter file:

MODIFY UNIX GROUP GroupName USERS NOPASS

You cannot filter join or join- commands by user name in the native UNIX environment. This rule does not apply to join or join- commands in any other environment.