How to disable the Protection Engine local Java user interface after installation

Products

• Protection Engine for Cloud Services
• Protection Engine for NAS
• Protection for SharePoint Servers

Issue/Introduction

You seek steps for disabling the Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) UI after installation.

Environment

SPE 7.8+

Resolution

Linux

1. If you are not already, change to the root user:
   • sudo su
2. Change directory to SPE's <install dir>/bin directory (change <install dir> if you customized the install location):
   • cd /opt/SYMCScan/bin
3. Use the xmlmodifier to disable the Java UI:
   • ./xmlmodifier -s /configuration/Resources/System/EnableJavaUI/@value false configuration.xml
4. Restart SPE:
   • /etc/init.d/symcscan restart

Windows

1. Open CMD or PowerShell as administrator.
2. Change directory to SPE's <install dir> directory (change <install dir> if you customized the install location):
   • cd "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Scan Engine"
3. Use the xmlmodifier to disable the Java UI:
   • .\xmlmodifier.exe -s /configuration/Resources/System/EnableJavaUI/@value false configuration.xml
4. Restart SPE:
   1. net stop symcscan
   2. net start symcscan