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Parser Directive
Type
Parser Directive Mandatory
Description
WFF Parser
The Well Formed Formulae
(WFF) parser handles well
formed formulae, such as XML,
but can be defined to handle
any well-structured document.
AELEMENT Name for the element that
wraps attributes.
ATTRRS Separates records in an
attribute value.
CDATARS Separates records in a CDATA
section.
CLOSEREGEX Regular expression that
recognizes a CLOSE.
DATARS Separates records in a DATA
section.
OPENREGEX Regular expression that
recognizes an OPEN.
TERMRS Regular expression that
separates terms within a
formula.
Creating Custom Information Types for Linux and UNIX
You can create custom information types (CITs) and filters so that VCM can collect data from
configuration files on Linux and UNIX platforms to monitor and enforce the compliance of those
platforms.
You determine which custom files to monitor for compliance, then you create your own CITs and
collection filters. VCM monitors the content of the custom files, and returns properties and values from
those files so that VCM can enforce compliance on them. You can add, edit, clone, and delete your own
CITs.
VCM provides built-in custom information types for standard files on Linux and UNIXmachines. For
example, VCM provides the builtin:profile custom information type for the /etc/profile file on
Linux and UNIXplatforms, which is a login file that Linux and UNIX platforms use to set up login and user
parameters for a user's shell when the user is logged on to the platform. You can use this custom
information type to ensure that /etc/profile is compliant on your Linux and UNIXmachines.
In the following procedure, you collect the configuration file from Linux and UNIX managed machines
before you create compliance rule so that you have collected the property names and values to create the
compliance rule.
Configuring Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X Machines
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