> Source: [sk176647](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk176647)

# sk176647 - Revert Threat Emulation to base engine

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk176647 |
| Date Created | 2021-11-30 |
| Last Modified | 2025-11-05 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * tecli commands do not work:   
  `# tecli a e v `  
  `

  /opt/CPsuite-R80.30/fw1/bin/tecli: line 66: /opt/CPsuite-R80.30/fw1/CTX/CTX00003/teCurrentPack/temain: Too many levels of symbolic links`

* teDefaultPack is a symbolic link to itself.  
  `# cd $FWDIR/ `  
  `# ls -ald te* `  
  `

  lrwxrwxrwx 2 admin root 19 Nov 25 2019 teCurrentPack -> ../../teDefaultPack `  
  `
  lrwxrwxrwx 2 admin root 19 Nov 25 2019 teDefaultPack -> ../../teDefaultPack
  `

## Cause

`teDefaultPack` should not be a symbolic link to itself, it should be a normal directory.

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