The SEP for Macintosh SMC service (smcdaemon)
| Article:TECH131582 | | | Created: 2010-01-08 | | | Updated: 2010-11-02 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH131582 |
Problem
Is there an SMC service in SEP for Macintosh?
How do I stop/start it?
Is there logging?
What does it control? (since there is no firewall in SEP for Mac)
Symptoms
SEP for Macintosh was introduced as of SEP 11.0.6
Solution
The daemon is visible in the Macintosh Activity Monitor as "smcdaemon" and will be running only on managed clients.
- The daemon can be controlled by from terminal command prompt, via smclient (note one "c" in spelling)
/Library/StartupItems/SMC/smclient
Usage:
smclient
-s|--start start smc daemon.
-t|--stop stop smc daemon.
-l[LEVEL], --debuglevel[=LEVEL] show/set debug level
LEVEL=none,info,support or engineer.
- Log is kept in /Library/Application Support/Symantec/SMC/debug/smc_debug.log
- The smcdaemon controls only manager/client communications; stopping it has no effect on AutoProtect, and there is no firewall component in the Macintosh version of SEP.
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Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH131582
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