How to Delete a Policy

An example of the corresponding command-line equivalent follows this procedure.

1. If neccessary, start the SEAM Tool.

   See "How to Start the SEAM Tool" for details.

2. Click the Policies tab.

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   Note -

   Before deleting a policy, you must cancel the policy from all principals currently using it (you need to modify the principals' Policy attribute). The policy cannot be deleted if it is in use by any principal.

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3. Specify the policy in the list that you want to delete and click Delete.

   After you confirm the deletion, the policy is deleted.

Example--Deleting a Policy (Command Line)

The following example uses the delete_policy command of kadmin command to delete the build11 policy.

kadmin: delete_policy build11 
Are you sure you want to delete the policy "build11"? (yes/no): yes
kadmin: quit

Before deleting a policy, you must cancel the policy from all principals currently using it (you need to use the modify_principal -policy command of kadmin on the principals). The delete_policy command will fail if it is in use by a principal.