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SEC Sort devices by IP

TomHilton

Hi,

Is there any way a device can be automatically be sorted into groups by IP? at the minute we are having to manually drag and drop into the relevant folder. We have a group for every location (500+groups/folders in total).

 

Many Thanks

 

Tom 



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    Something that might be of use.

    https://community.sophos.com/products/endpoint-security-control/f/sophos-endpoint-software/8722/auto-set-group-for-new-computers/9835#9835

    This details the use of the -G switch to setup to place a computer into a group at install.

    See: https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/12570 for full info on the form and constraints.

    The forum post also details how this works under the covers, in that setup.exe drops a reg value with the path to move the computer into.  When RMS is installed, the Sophos Agent service reads the value, sends up the path and deletes the key so this is a one time operation.

    Therefore you could manually create the registry value and restart the agent and the computer would move groups on receiving the message.

    I can imagine that from the client side you could have a script that get's the IP of the computer, maybe based on a range mapping, etc, tags it in the registry and restarts the Sophos Agent service.  Not sure if you want such a thing going on all the time or just as a one off.  If the computers are moving a lot then you might be sending quite a few policies down each time so something to bare in mind.

    The other option is to go after the database but I figure you're more into unsupported riskier territory.

    Hope it helps.

    Regards,
    Jak

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