Managing interception settings in the Administration Console

In the Administration Console, you can configure system event interception in the policy properties (General settings → OS interaction settings, System event interception settings).

The settings are applied only on devices running an operating system that supports the fanotify technology.

System event interception settings

Setting	Description
Interception mechanism	The system event interception mechanism used by the application: Fanotify technology (default). If this option is selected, the application uses fanotify to intercept system events. Updatable kernel module. If this option is selected, the application uses an updatable kernel module to intercept system events.
If the updatable kernel module fails to start	What the application does if the updatable kernel module fails to start: Use fanotify (default). If this option is selected, the application switches to fanotify for system event interception. Disable system event interception If the application does not use system event interception, real-time file scanning is not performed, and the protection level of the device is reduced. This option is available if the Updatable kernel module interception mechanism is selected.

Setting

Description

Interception mechanism

The system event interception mechanism used by the application:

Fanotify technology (default). If this option is selected, the application uses fanotify to intercept system events.
Updatable kernel module. If this option is selected, the application uses an updatable kernel module to intercept system events.

If the updatable kernel module fails to start

What the application does if the updatable kernel module fails to start:

Use fanotify (default). If this option is selected, the application switches to fanotify for system event interception.
Disable system event interception If the application does not use system event interception, real-time file scanning is not performed, and the protection level of the device is reduced.

This option is available if the Updatable kernel module interception mechanism is selected.