File properties rule (for Linux)

This rule allows you to specify different file properties to filter by. This rule can be created as a whitelist or blacklist rule.

Please do the following:

Go to the Applications node, select Application rules and then select File properties rule (for Linux)... from the context menu.

1. On the General tab, the first thing you do is set the rule type. 

   Then you have the following choices:

   • Path: Specify a path in Linux format (e.g. /home/test/) if you want to allow (or block) applications from a specific path. Wildcards are allowed.

   • Hash: This option verifies that the hash value of the file contents matches the specified value. The system stores this value when creating the rule and compares it with the currently calculated value at runtime. If both match, the rule is activated. Use this option, for example, for a single application that you want to allow or block via whitelist or blacklist.

   • Owner: Use this option to restrict the starting of an application to a specific file owner. For example, you can use this setting to allow all programs installed by an administrator or by a trusted installer account, while blocking all applications that were installed by other users. This also allows for automatically blocking all applications that can be run without prior installation.

   A combination of the options is possible.

2. On the Time limits tab you can specify the times when you want the rule to be active.

3. On the Computers tab you can specify the computers where the rule will be active.