Add and remove components from the allow list

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You can add new components to the initial allow list to permit their execution on a protected system. If needed, you can remove components from the allow list.

  • Specify the components as file names, directory names, or volume names.

    Action

    Command syntax

    Description

    Add components to the allow list.

    sadmin solidify [<arguments> <components>]

    After the initial allow list is created, execution is blocked for the components that are not included in the allow list. If needed, add more components to the allow list.

    Remove all components from the allow list.

    sadmin unsolidify

    Remove all components from the allow list using this command. When you remove components from the allow list, they are no longer protected by Application Control.

    Remove selected components from the allow list.

    sadmin unsolidify [<arguments> <components>]

    Specify the components that you want to remove from the allow list.

    You can add or remove components from the allow list as described in this table.

    Component

    Description

    File name

    Add files to the allow list. For example,

    sadmin solidify filename1 ... filenameN

    Remove files from the allow list. For example,

    sadmin unsolidify filename1 ... filenameN

    Directory name

    Add all supported files (recursively) under specified directories to the allow list. For example,

    sadmin solidify directoryname1 ... directorynameN

    Remove all supported files in one or more directories from the allow list. For example,

    sadmin unsolidify directoryname1 ... directorynameN

    Volume name

    Add all supported files (recursively) under specified system volumes to the allow list. For example,

    sadmin solidify volumename1 ... volumenameN

    Remove all supported files in one or more system volumes from the allow list. For example,

    sadmin unsolidify volumename1 ... volumenameN

    File name

    Directory name

    Volume name

    Optionally, you can specify supported arguments with the command.

    • Addsadmin solidify [ –q | –v ] filename1 ... filenameN | directoryname1 ... directorynameN | volumename1 ... volumenameN

    • Removesadmin unsolidify [ –v ] filename1 ... filenameN | directoryname1 ... directorynameN | volumename1 ... volumenameN

    Here are the arguments descriptions:

    • The -q argument displays only error messages.

    • The -v argument displays all messages.