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# sk164992 - FWD process is down on Security Management server

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk164992 |
| Date Created | 2020-02-01 |
| Last Modified | 2020-02-06 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82.20, R81.20, R82, R82.20 |

## Symptoms

- The FWD process is down on the Security Management server and the debug output (`TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5 fwd -n -d >& fwd_debug.txt`) shows:   

`CPPRODIS_init_error_logging_ex: initialized error logging for product 'FW1' application 'fwd'. Log file is not set.`

## Cause

The *fw.log* file is corrupted.

## Solution

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