Export, Manually Edit, and Import PMUL Rules

You can export Privilege Management for Unix & Linux Servers rules from Active Directory to a local file, manually edit the rules, and then import the edited rules from a local file into Active Directory.

Export Privilege Management for Unix & Linux Servers Rules to a Local File

You can export Privilege Management for Unix & Linux Servers rules from Active Directory to a local file so that you can manually edit the rules or to archive the rules.

To export Privilege Management for Unix & Linux Servers rules from Active Directory to a local .csv file:

1. On the Create PowerBroker Server Policy Rules Properties dialog box, select the rules that you want to export.

Use the CTRL key to select more than one rule.

2. Click the Export button.
3. Indicate where to save the .csv file, enter a name for the file, and click Save.

Import Privilege Management for Unix & Linux Servers Rules to Active Directory

If you manually edited PBUL rules or previously saved PBUL rules to a .csv file, you can import those rules to Active Directory.

To import PBUL rules from a local .csv file to Active Directory:

1. On the Create Server Policy Rules Properties dialog box, click the Import button.
2. Select a local .csv file from which to import data and click Open.
3. Click Apply to save the data to Active Directory.

To ensure that rules are not inadvertently overwritten, rules in the .csv file that you import will not overwrite existing rules, even if the rule names are the same. If you want a rule that you imported to replace an existing rule, select the existing rule and click Remove.