Create and update policy files

Create policy files to control default computer or default user actions.

Note: The following instructions do not cover the use of Group Policy or the Microsoft® Management Console Group Policy snap-in, although the instructions are similar. To administer iSeries™ Access for Windows® functions using Group Policy, see the Microsoft documentation on Group Policy use.
  1. Start the policy editor by double-clicking poledit.exe.
  2. Go to Options > Policy Template > Add.
  3. Go to the location where you stored the .adm files that you created in creating policy templates.
  4. Select the .adm files that you want to add and click Add. Keep doing this until you have added all the .adm files that you want to use. Then click OK.
  5. Go to File > New Policy.
  6. Set your policies and save the policy file:

    \\QYOURSYS\POLICIES\ntconfig.pol

    Where:

    • QYOURSYS is the name of your iSeries NetServer™.
    • POLICIES is the name of the shared file folder on your iSeries NetServer.
    • config.pol is the name of your policies file.

    To update the policy file, open your policy file with the policy editor, make your changes and save the file back to the above location.

Note: You must create and maintain individual policies for the different Windows operating systems. See Microsoft documentation for details.
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