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# sk181998 - How to disable country flags in SmartConsole logging

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk181998 |
| Date Created | 2024-02-06 |
| Last Modified | 2024-03-07 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Solution

1. Connect to the command line on the Management Server / Log Server.  

2. Log in to the Expert mode.  

3. Stop the Check Point services:On the Security Management Server / Log Server:# ***cpstop*** On the Multi-Domain Security Management Server / Multi-Domain Log Server:# ***mdsstop***
4. In an MDS environment navigate to the relevant CMA:   
   # ***mdsenv \<IP_address\>***   

5. Backup the current `ip2country.csv` file(s) in these directories then make them empty and immutable:  

   *#* ***mv -v $RTDIR/conf/ip2country.csv $RTDIR/conf/ip2country.csv_BKP***   
   *# **mv*** ***-v $INDEXERDIR/conf/ip2country.csv $INDEXERDIR/conf/ip2country.csv_BKP** # **touch $RTDIR/conf/ip2country.csv** # **touch $INDEXERDIR/conf/ip2country.csv** #**chattr +i $RTDIR/conf/ip2country.csv** #**chattr +i $INDEXERDIR/conf/ip2country.csv***   

6. Start the Check Point services:  

   On the Security Management Server / Log Server:  
   # ***cpstart***   

   On the Multi-Domain Security Management Server / Multi-Domain Log Server:  
   # ***mdsstart***

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