Name

smcd — The Symantec management client service, which runs as a daemon process.

SYNOPSIS

smcd [-Fchwx] [-f log_facility] [-k shutdown | report | check] [-l log_severity] [-p pid_file] [-r report_file] [-s path]

DESCRIPTION

The smcd service runs as a daemon process and provides clients with communication to a Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition management server. This service is typically started automatically by the system initialization scripts. No changes to the defaults should be required.

You must have superuser privileges to use smcd.

By default, smcd is located in /opt/Symantec/symantec_antivirus.

OPTIONS

smcd -F

Run the service in the foreground. This option prevents the service from running as a daemon.

smcd -c

Write log entries also to the console (stderr).

smcd -h

Print help information to the standard output.

smcd -w

Wait for the debugger to be attached to the process.

smcd -x

Enable debug mode. Debug mode provides verbose logs and runtime checks.

smcd -f log_facility

Specify the log facility to use when logging to syslog. Possible values are daemon, user, and local0 through local7. The default is daemon.

To set this up, you must also configure your /etc/syslog.conf file to specify handling for the facility.

smcd -k shutdown

Send a signal to the running copy of smcd to shut down and then exit. The running copy is identified by a process with the pid that matches the pid stored in the pid file. The process attempts to perform a graceful shutdown.

When specifying the -k option and using a non-default pid file, the -p option must also be given to ensure that the signal is sent to the correct smcd instance, even if there is only a single smcd instance running.

smcd -k report

Send a signal to the running copy of smcd to report its status into a log file. The default log file is /var/log/symantec/smcd_report.log, but you can configure the log location with the -r option.

When specifying the -k option and using a non-default pid file, the -p option must also be given to ensure that the signal is sent to the correct smcd instance, even if there is only a single smcd instance running.

smcd -k check

Send a signal to the running copy of smcd to determine if smcd is currently running, print out a message, and exit. The running copy is identified by a process with the pid that matches the pid stored in the pid file. If there is a running copy, the command returns a 0. If there is no running copy, the command returns a 1.

When specifying the -k option and using a non-default pid file, the -p option must also be given to ensure that the signal is sent to the correct smcd instance, even if there is only a single smcd instance running.

smcd -l log_severity

Log all messages up to and including the specified severity level. The severity level must be one of the following: none, emerg, alert, crit, error, warning, notice, info, debug.

smcd -p pid_file

Specify to use the given pid file instead of the default/var/run/symantec/smcd.pid. You should always use absolute path names when configuring smcd.

By default, /var/run/symantec/smcd.pid stores the process ID (pid) of the currently running copy of smcd. When smcd is terminated, this file is deleted.

smcd -r report_file

Specifies the use of a given report file instead of the default /var/log/symantec/smcd_report.log. You should always use absolute path names when configuring smcd.

smcd -s path

Set the working directory that the service runs in. You should always use absolute path names when configuring smcd.

This path typically does not need to be changed from the default, which is the root directory (/).

FILES

/etc/sysconfig/smcd

This configuration file specifies command-line options that are passed to the smcd program when it is started with the init.d script. To use this file, you must set the options to smcd between the quotes as shown in the following line:

SMCD_OPTS=""

For example, to log to the local0 facility and only log up to the error level of severity, you would use the following:

SMCD_OPTS="-f local0 -l error"

/usr/etc/rc.d/init.d/smcd

This file is the smcd startup and shutdown script. This script supports the expected init.d commands, such as start, stop, restart, and so on. The chkconfig command is used to enable or disable the automatic startup of the smcd daemon.

/var/run/symantec/smcd.pid

This file stores the process ID (pid) of the currently running smcd. When the currently running smcd service is terminated, this file is deleted.

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