Assigning Policies to a Role, Group, Organization, or User

You can assign policies to a role, group, organization, or user. This includes the default policies or policies that were created after Instant Messaging was installed.

To Assign a Policy

1. Log in to the Access Manager admin console at http://hostname:port/amconsole.

   For example:

   http://imserver.company22.example.com:80/amconsole

2. Select the Identity Management tab.

3. Select Policies in the View drop down list in the navigation pane (the lower-left frame).

4. Click the arrow next to the name of the policy you want to assign.

   The Edit page for that policy appears in the data pane (the lower-right frame).

5. On the Edit page, select Subjects in the View drop down list.

6. Click Add.

   The Add Subject page appears, which lists the possible subject types:

   • Access Manager Roles

   • LDAP Groups

   • LDAP Roles

   • LDAP Users

   • Organization

7. Select the subject type that matches the policy.

   For example, Organization.

8. Click Next.

9. In the Name field, enter a description of the subject.

10. (Optional) Select the Exclusive check box.

    The Exclusive check box is not selected as the default setting, which means that the policy applies to all members of the subject.

    Selecting the Exclusive check box applies the policy to everyone who is not a member of the subject.

11. In the Available field, search for entries that you want to add to your subject.

    1. Type a search for the entries you want to search for.

       The default search is *, which displays all the subjects for that subject type.

    2. Click search.

    3. Highlight entries in the Available text box that you want to add to the Selected text box.

    4. Click Add or Add All, whichever applies.

    5. Repeat steps a-d until you have added all the names you want to the Selected text box.

12. Click Create.

    The proposed subject appears in the list of proposed subjects for that policy.

13. Click Save.

    The proposed subject becomes a saved subject.

14. Repeat steps 6-13 for any additional subjects that you want to add to the policy.