Creating a Path Rule for All Users

You can authorize executable files from a specified location of all users and user groups, designated by path.

  1. From the Management Console, select Tools > Path Rules.
    The Path Rules dialog opens.

    2. Using common Windows browser conventions, you can:

    • Maximize the dialog screen size
    • Sort columns by header row
    • Resize the width of columns

  2. Select <default rules for all users>.
  3. Click Edit.
    The Edit Path Rules dialog opens:
  4. Click Add.
    The Path Rule dialog opens.
  5. Type the full file path for the executable file.
  6. Select one or a combination of the following options:
    7. Option Description
    Ownership Check The path rule only applies if a user or user group is listed as a Trusted Owner in the Set Trusted Owner dialog.
    Include subdirectories The path rule applies to all files in subfolders of the root folder specified by the file path.
    Log execution The path rule attempt is logged as EXEC-GRANTED when the Log everything option is set for the Execution Log default option.
  7. Click OK.
    The Path Rule dialog closes.
  8. In the Edit Path Rules dialog, select one of the following options:
    9. Option Description
    Add Insert a new path for all users.
    OK Save the rule and close the dialog.
    Cancel Abandon the operation and close the dialog.
    Edit Change the selected path for the path rule.
    Delete Erase the selected path from the path rule.
  9. Click Close.
    The Path Rules dialog closes.

All users are authorized to use the files specified in the path.

If you want to export a path rule, select the path rule and click Export to .CSV.

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