"After enforcement, force a re-login on the managed device, if necessary" setting is ignored

  • 7007600
  • 19-Jan-2011
  • 16-Jul-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Policies
Windows Group Policies

Situation

After applying an updated Windows Group Policy to a device, logged-in users are forced to log out even though the After enforcement, force a re-login on the managed device, if necessary setting is off/unchecked.

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.3.4 - see KB 7008244 "ZENworks Configuration Management 10.3.4 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

This is fixed in version 11.2 - see KB 7010044 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Workaround: 
Set After enforcement, force a re-login on the managed device, if necessary off/unchecked on any Roaming Profile Policy that is associated with the same user or device.

Additional Information

Steps to duplicate:
  • Assign a Roaming Profile Policy and set After enforcement, force a re-login on the managed device, if necessary to 45 seconds
  • Assign a Group Policy and set After enforcement, force a re-login on the managed device, if necessary off/unchecked
  • Ensure both policies are applied to a user and the device is refreshed
  • Log out/in as necessary so the device is in a 'clean' state
  • Increment the version of the Group Policy only and refresh the device
  • What should happen:  The Group Policy gets updated/enforced and the user is left logged in
  • What actually happens:  The Group Policy gets enforced and the user is prompted that they will be logged out in 45 seconds (i.e.  per the Roaming Profile policy)