Important Information About the rules File

The following information is important to know about the rules file:

Name

The rules file must have the file name, rules.

rules.ok file

The rules.ok file is a generated version of the rules file, and it is required by the custom JumpStart installation software to match a workstation to a profile. You must run the check script to create the rules.ok file, and the rules.ok file should be owned by root and have permissions equal to 644.

Comments

You can add a comment after the pound sign (#) anywhere on a line. If a line begins with a #, the entire line is a comment line. If a # is specified in the middle of a line, everything after the # is considered a comment. Blank lines are also allowed in the rules file.

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Note -

When creating the rules.ok file, the check script removes all the comment lines, comments at the end of a rule, and blank lines.

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Rule wrap

When a rule spans multiple lines, you can let a rule to wrap to a new line, or you can continue a rule on a new line by using a backslash (\) before the carriage return.

Rule fields

The rule_value, begin, and finish fields must have a valid entry or a minus sign (-) to specify that there is no entry.