Linux for the Real World

The joys of Symantecs Endpoint Anti-virus Software.

Making a managed session unmanaged.

The purpose of this can be two fold:

1. You need to make a managed SEP into an unmanaged SEP
2. You need to change where a managed SEP looks for it's updates.
   • This second options has really bugged me. I have tried may things to make this happen and this has been my solution.

Open up a command prompt on the XP PC:

1. Start
2. run
3. cmd [enter]
4. run the following:
5. "c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -stop
6. copy \\server\cds\symantec\Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_11.0.4\SEP-Unmanaged\SyLink.xml "c:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection"
   • \\server\cds is the location on pur server where the symantec CD has been copied to.
7. "c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -start
8. If all you are wanting to so is created an unmanaged session: STOP.
9. Import the correct Communications
   • To the Profile Import
   • And to the Communications Import
10. "c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -stop
11. Wait 10 seconds
12. "c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -start
13. Enter the trouble shooting section and you should see the new Managed Settings.

This script in a batch file in u:/ai.net.nz/unmanage.bat can be run on one of our server to do this automatically:

u:/ai.net.nz/unmanage.bat

@echo off 
"c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -stop
copy U:\ai.net.nz\SEP_Unmanaged\SyLink.xml  "c:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection"
OR
copy \\sparky\iso\Schools\NortonsAntivirus\Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_11.0.4\SEP-Unmanaged\SyLink.xml  "c:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection"
"c:\program files\symantec\symantec endpoint protection\smc.exe" -start