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How to stop or disable services of Elements EPP for Service (Linux) / Linux Security 64 successfully?

Issue:

How to stop or disable services of Elements EPP for Service (Linux) / Linux Security 64 successfully?
Running the "master-switch" command alone is not permitted. 

Resolution:

It is possible to stop or disable the services of Elements EPP for Servers (Linux) or Linux Security 64 on your Linux server by using the "/opt/f-secure/fsbg/bin/master-switch" command.

Command to disable the services:
/opt/f-secure/fsbg/bin/master-switch off

Command to enable the services:
/opt/f-secure/fsbg/bin/master-switch on

Command to check the status:
/opt/f-secure/fsbg/bin/master-switch status

In order to run this command successfully, there is a need to enable the setting of "Allow user to turn off all security features" in the profile by performing the steps below.

For Elements EPP for Servers (Linux):

  1. Login to Elements Security Center
  2. Go to the Security Configurations > Profiles page
  3. Under For Linux, select your Linux profile name
  4. Go to General > Tamper protection
  5. Enable the "Allow user to turn off all security features" setting
  6. Click on "Save profile" button to apply the changes

Now the master-switch can be used to turn off all the security features of Elements Linux Protection.

For Linux Security 64: 

  1. Log in to the Policy Manager Console
  2. Select a host or policy domain from the domain tree
  3. Go to the Settings tab
  4. Navigate to the Linux > Centralized management settings page
  5. In the Bypass Product Security section, Set Allow user to unload products as  "Always allowed" 
  6. Distribute the policy (Ctrl + D)

Now a local admin user can use the master-switch to turn off all the security features of Linux Security 64.