Validation of configuration settings prior to configuration of a local run-time environment

• US 7,353,262 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Issued: 04/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ScriptLogic Corporation (Quest Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Styles, Brian, Bucklew, Charles B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barot; Bharat
• Application Number:
  US10/700,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20040098472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/205, 709220-229, 370254-255
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405

Abstract

A system, a computer readable medium and a method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on client systems. This includes receiving one or more predetermined events along with one or more local run-time environmental conditions including wildcard characters along with one or more user selectable settings. The events, the settings and the environmental conditions are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable selections therein on a server. These events, local run-time environmental conditions along with settings are delivered to a client system. A monitoring agent on the client system is used to detect when one or more predetermined events occur including if the client system is a portable computer as opposed to a desktop computer. When an event occurs, a test is made to determine if one or more local run-time environmental conditions, which includes the wildcard character, are met, and if the conditions are met then the agent automatically applies one or more selectable configuration settings on the client system.

Claims

1. A method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on at least one client workstation, the method on a client workstation comprising:

receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition including at least one condition with a wildcard to determine whether one or more selectable configuration settings for configuring a local run-time environment for at least one user are applied on the client workstation, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable configuration settings therein; and

determining if the at least one local run-time environmental condition is met with the wildcard then applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings to configure the local run-time environment for the at least one user on the client workstation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is length dependent.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is a DOS (Disk Operating System) type wildcard of “

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is length independent.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of Domain, Site, Organization Unit Computer, Organization Unit User, Group Membership, Primary Group, Member Server, and Domain Controller.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of User Name, Computer Name, Terminal Services Application Name, Terminal Services Initial Program, Terminal Services Client Name, Terminal Services Session Name, and Terminal Services Client.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of TCP/IP address, Host Address, MAC Address, Terminal Services Client TCP/IP Address.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of MAC Address, operating system, LAN connection, Dial-up connection, Desktop machine, and portable machine.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings to configure the local run-time environment for the at least one user on the client workstation occurs after the client workstation boots-up, loads an operating system and before an operating system shell is presented to the at least one user.

10. A method on a client workstation in a client-server environment, the method comprising:

receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition including at least one condition with a wildcard to determine whether one or more selectable configuration settings for configuring a local run-time environment for at least one user are applied on the client workstation, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable configuration settings therein; and

determining if the at least one local run-time environmental condition is met with the wildcard including whether the user is within a given group of user accounts for the local run-time environment then applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings to configure the local run-time environment for the user on the client workstation.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings to configure the local run-time environment for the user on the client workstation occurs after the client workstation boots-up, loads an operating system and before an operating system shell is presented to the user.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are identical to the set of configuration files received by other client systems attached to the server.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are identical to the set of configuration files received by other client systems attached to the server.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes receiving a runtime condition after the client workstation has started.