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2.13.4.3 Inheritance of policies
Policy inheritance can be easily understood if we assume that a machine can be a member of only
one group besides the All machines group. Let's start from this simplified approach.
In the diagram below, the container stands for a group; the two-color circle stands for a machine
with two applied policies; the three-color circle stands for a machine with three applied policies and
so on.