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POLICY Class

Each record in the POLICY class defines the information required to deploy and undeploy a policy version. It includes a link to the RULESET objects that contain a list of the selang commands for deploying and undeploying the policy. When the policy is deployed, the deploy selang command is run, which executes all of the commands that define the policy and are stored in the linked RULESET object. When the policy is undeployed, the deploy- selang command is run, which executes all of the commands that refine policy undeployment and are stored in the linked RULESET object.

The key of the POLICY class is the name of the policy followed by the hash symbol (#) and a two-digit version number. For example, mypolicy#13.

The following definitions describe the properties contained in this class record. Most properties are modifiable and can be manipulated using selang or the administration interfaces. Non-modifiable properties are marked informational.

ACL

Defines a list of accessors (users and groups) permitted to access the resource, and the accessors' access types.

Each element in the access control list (ACL) contains the following information:

Accessor

Defines an accessor.

Access

Defines the access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Use the access parameter with the authorize or authorize- command to modify the ACL.

CALACL

Defines a list of the accessors (users and groups) that are permitted to access the resource, and their access types according to the Unicenter NSM calendar status.

Each element in the calendar access control list (CALACL) contains the following information:

Accessor

Defines an accessor.

Calendar

Defines a reference to a calendar in Unicenter TNG.

Access

Defines the access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Access is permitted only when the calendar is ON. Access is denied in all other cases.

Use the calendar parameter with the authorize command to permit user or group access to the resource according to the access defined in the calendar ACL.

CALENDAR

Represents a Unicenter TNG calendar object for user, group, and resource restrictions in CA ControlMinder. CA ControlMinder fetches Unicenter TNG active calendars at specified time intervals.

CATEGORY

Defines one or more security categories A security category is the name of record in the CATEGORY class. You can assign a security category to accessors and to resources. An accessor can access a resource only if the accessor is assigned to all of the security categories assigned to the resource. assigned to a user or a resource.

COMMENT

Defines additional information that you want to include in the record. CA ControlMinder does not use this information for authorization.

Limit: 255 characters.

CREATE_TIME

(Informational) Displays the date and time when the record was created.

DAYTIME

Defines the day and time restrictions that govern when an accessor can access a resource.

Use the restrictions parameter with the chres, ch[x]usr, or ch[x]grp commands to modify this property.

The resolution of daytime restrictions is one minute.

EFFECTS_ON

Defines the list of hosts (HNODE objects) on which this policy is effective (should be deployed).

FINALIZE

Specifies whether this policy version is finalized (can be deployed).

GROUPS

Defines the list of CONTAINER records that a resource record belongs to or the GPOLICY object this policy version belongs to.

Use the mem+ or mem‑ parameter with the chres, editres or newres command to modify this property.

HNODES

(Informational). The list of CA ControlMinder nodes which should have this policy deployed.

NACL

The NACL property of a resource is an access control list that defines the accessors that are denied authorization to a resource, together with the type of access that they are denied (for example, write). See also ACL, CALACL, PACL. Each entry in the NACL contains the following information:

Accessor

Defines an accessor.

Access

Defines the type of access that is denied to the accessor.

Use the authorize deniedaccess command, or the authorize- deniedaccess- command, to modify this property.

NOTIFY

Defines the user to be notified when a resource or user generates an audit event. CA ControlMinder can email the audit record to the specified user.

Limit: 30 characters.

OWNER

Defines the user or group that owns the record.

PACL

Defines a list of accessors that are permitted to access the resource when the access request is made by a specific program (or a program that matches a name-pattern) and their access types. Each element in the program access control list (PACL) contains the following information:

Accessor

Defines an accessor.

Program

Defines a reference to a record in the PROGRAM class, either specifically or by wildcard pattern matching.

Access

Defines the access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Note: You can use wildcard characters CA ControlMinder recognizes wildcard characters for some names. Where it does so, the wildcards it recognizes are * and ?. The * character represents any number of any characters, including no characters; the ? character represents one instance of any character. to specify the resource in a PACL.

Use the via(pgm) parameter with the selang authorize command to add programs, accessors, and their access types to a PACL, You can use the authorize- command to remove accessors from a PACL.

POLICY_BASE_NAME

Defines the name of the GPOLICY object this policy version is a member of.

POLICY_VERSION

Defines the version number of this policy version.

POLICY_TYPE

Defines the policy type. Valid values are:

• None
• Login—Specifies that the policy is a UNAB login policy.
• Configuration—Specifies that the policy is a UNAB configuration policy.

RAUDIT

Defines the types of access events that CA ControlMinder records in the audit log. RAUDIT derives its name from Resource AUDIT. Valid values are:

all

All access requests.

success

Granted access requests.

failure

Denied access requests (default).

none

No access requests.

CA ControlMinder records events on each attempted access to a resource, and does not record whether the access rules were applied directly to the resource, or were applied to a group or class that had the resource as a member.

Use the audit parameter of the chres and chfile commands to modify the audit mode.

RULESETS

The list of RULESET objects which define the policy.

SECLABEL

Defines the security label A security label is the name of a record in the SECLABEL class. A security label bundles together a security level and a set of security categories. Assigning a security label to an accessor or a resource gives the accessor or resource the combined security level and security categories associated with the security label. A security label overrides any specific security level and category assignments in an accessor or resource. of a user or resource.

Note: The SECLABEL property corresponds to the label[-] parameter of the chres and ch[x]usr commands.

SECLEVEL

Defines the security level A security level is an integer between 0 and 255 that you can assign to accessors and resources. An accessor cannot access a resource if the accessor has a security level less than the security level assigned to the resource, even if the user is granted access authority in the resource's access control list. of an accessor or resource.

Note: This property corresponds to the level[-] parameter of the ch[x]usr and chres commands.

SIGNATURE

A hash value based on signatures of the RULESET objects associated with the policy.

UACC

Defines the default access authority for the resource, which indicates the access granted to accessors who are not defined to CA ControlMinder or who do not appear in the ACL of the resource.

Use the defaccess parameter with the chres, editres, or newres command to modify this property.

UPDATE_TIME

(Informational) Displays the date and time when the record was last modified.

UPDATE_WHO

(Informational) Displays the administrator who performed the update.

VARIABLES

(Informational) Displays all versions of the variables in the policy.

WARNING

Specifies whether Warning mode is enabled. When Warning mode is enabled on a resource, all access requests to the resource are granted, and if an access request violates an access rule, a record is written to the audit log.

More information:

CONTAINER Class