[THIN] CTX105469 - Explaining and Troubleshooting Multiple Policies within the Management Console
- From: "Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:19:13 -0800 (PST)
CTX105469 - Explaining and Troubleshooting Multiple Policies within the
Management Console
This document was published at:
http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX105469
Document ID: CTX105469, Created on: Dec 23, 2004, Updated: Dec 23, 2004
Products: Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2000, Citrix
MetaFrame XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2003, Citrix MetaFrame Presentation
Server 3.0 for Microsoft Windows 2000, Citrix MetaFrame Presentation
Server 3.0 for Microsoft Windows 2003
Usage
With User Policies, one can apply MetaFrame XP settings including
shadowing permission settings, printer auto-creation settings, and client
device mapping settings, to specific users or user groups. Using policies,
one can customize your environment at the user level. User Policy settings
override all other MetaFrame XP and Terminal Services settings.
Precedence of Settings
A setting specified in Citrix Connection Configuration takes precedence
over per-user and per-client settings. However, for some ICA connection
settings, one can select an option to apply settings from user accounts or
ICA Clients to the ICA connection. One can specify that an ICA connection
uses some settings from user accounts by selecting Inherit User
Configuration.
Important
One can create user policies to enable some connection settings for
specific users or user groups. User policies override similar connection
settings configured in Citrix Connection Configuration. However, if
functionality is disabled in Citrix Connection Configuration, one cannot
enable the functionality by creating user policies.
Prioritize Your Policies
When one creates policies for entire user groups, one may find that some
members of the group require exceptions to some policy rules. To more
effectively manage your policies, one can create new policies for only
those users who need exception to a policy?s rules, and then rank the
policy for those individual users higher than the policy for the entire
group.
Additional Resources
CTX103793 ? Extended Policies FAQ
Management Console Help
The View Resultant Policy feature within the Policies Node of the
Management Console
The Search tool
You can use the Search tool in the Management Console to find which
policies are applied to which users, and to determine the effective rule
settings when more than one policy is applied to the same user.
To view the Search Tool dialog box, click on the toolbar or right-click
the Policies node and select Search.
Use Search to view the final rule settings for users to whom multiple
policies are assigned.
If you search for policies, the search results include the policies you
created as well as a resultant policy. Double-click the resultant policy
to view how each rule is set for the selected users after the rules are
prioritized.
For example, you assigned two policies to a user and each has a different
setting for the Client Audio Mapping rule. Client audio mapping is turned
off in the policy with a higher priority. The resultant policy shows
client audio mapping is turned off.
You can search your user policies (Search for drop-down list) associated
with user/group (Browse drop-down list to locate a user or a group of
users or type the name of a user or group).
Click Search to return a list of the policies.
Important
Policy changes apply to new connections. If you change a policy assigned
to users who are already connected, they cannot see the change until they
log off and log back on.
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