Policy item pattern matching obeys the following pattern rules:
Item Attribute |
Example Value |
Example Description |
MemberOf |
UNIX Computers |
Match computers in this group only |
Hostname |
Atm* |
Match only hostname that begin Atm |
Domain |
POG |
Match only computers on the POG domain |
The pattern values are all defaulted to *. If all item attributes are *, that policy applies to every computer. Pattern matches use a reverse wildcard query to match computer targets against policy items. Any of the standard SQL pattern-matching formats can be used. In addition to the SQL standard wildcard %, ForestSafe also supports wildcard * which has an identical function.
If MSSQL is installed Case-Sensitive but the ForestSafe administrators do not wish to have to create policy matches for every possibility of upper and lower case matches, they can enable global setting Policy General Settings->Force Policy pattern matches Uppercase