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Administrator > ERA Server > Setup > Groups > Active Directory Synchronization options). By default, only
Computer security groups and Computer organization units are synchronized. However, you can add other Active
Directory objects by checking the desired option.
NOTE: For ERAS to synchronize with Active Directory, ERAS does not need to be installed on your Domain Controller. The
Domain Controller only needs to be accessible from the computer where your ERAS is located. To configure
authentication to your Domain Controller, go to Tools > Server Options > Advanced > Edit Advanced Settings > ESET
Remote Administrator > ERA Server > Setup > Active directory. The format of the server name is LDAP://servername or
GC://servername. When empty, global catalog (GC) is used.
5.3 Policies
Policies are in many ways similar to Configuration tasks, except they are not one-shot tasks sent to one or more
workstations. Rather, they provide continuous maintenance of certain configuration settings for ESET security products.
In other words, a Policy is a configuration that is forced to a client.
5.3.1 Basic principles and operation
Access the Policy Manager by selecting Tools > Policy Manager... The Policy Tree on the left lists the policies that are
present on individual servers. The right side is divided into four sections – Policy settings, Policy configuration, Policy
action and Global policy settings – the options in these sections enable an administrator to manage and configure
policies.
The primary functions of the Policy Manager include creating, editing and removing policies. Clients receive policies from
ERAS. ERAS can use multiple policies which can inherit settings from each other or from policies from an upper server.
The system of adopting policies from an upper server is called inheritance; policies that are created as a result of inheritance
are referred to as merged policies. Inheritance is based on the Parent – Child principle, i.e. a child policy inherits settings
from a parent policy.
5.3.2 How to create policies
The default installation only implements one policy labeled ”Server Policy”. This name can be changed in the Policy
settings > Policy name field. The policy itself is configurable from the ESET Configuration Editor – click Edit and define
parameters for the selected ESET security product (or client). All parameters are organized into a comprehensive structure
and all items in the Editor are assigned an icon. Clients will only adopt active parameters (marked by a blue icon). All
inactive (greyed out) parameters will remain unchanged on target computers. The same principle applies to inherited and
merged policies – a child policy will adopt only active parameters from a parent policy.
ERA Servers allow for multiple policies (Add New Child Policy). The following options are available for new policies: policy
name, linking to a Parent policy and configuration (configuration can be empty, copied from an existing policy, or copied
from an .xml configuration file). Policies can only be created on the server you are currently connected to via ERAC. To
create a policy on a lower server you need to connect directly to that server.
Each policy has two basic attributes – Override any child policy and Down replicable policy. These attributes define
how active configuration parameters are adopted by child policies.
Override any child policy – Forces all active parameters to inherited policies. If the child policy differs, the merged policy
will contain all active parameters from the parent policy (even though the Override… is active for the child policy). All
inactive parameters from the parent policy will adjust to the child policy. If the attribute Override any child policy is not
enabled, settings in the child policy have priority over those in the parent policy for the resulting merged policy. Such
merged policies will be applied to other policies, if they are linked to it as their parent policy.
Down replicable policy – Activates replication to child policies – i.e., it can serve as a default policy for lower servers and
can also be assigned to clients connected to lower servers.
Policies can also be imported/exported from/to an .xml file or imported from Groups. For more information see chapter
titled Importing/Exporting policies .
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