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 Identity Awareness is a feature that enables the Security Gateway to identify users and groups behind IP addresses, and apply security policies based on their identity12. Identity Awareness uses different methods to acquire identities, such as AD Query, Identity Collector, and Browser-Based Authentication12. To debug Identity Awareness issues, you need to use the command pdp debug on the gateway, where pdp stands for Policy Decision Point, the component that handles the identity acquisition and enforcement13. The command pdp debug has different flags for different identity sources, such as adlog for AD Query, ic for Identity Collector, and nac for Browser-Based Authentication13. The flag extended enables more detailed debug output13. Therefore, the correct command to debug the problem of users not being able to browse internet sites with Identity Awareness using AD Query, Identity Collector, and Browser-Based Authentication is pdp debug nac extended on the gateway13. The other options are incorrect because they either use the wrong command (ad debug instead of pdp debug), the wrong flag (ad query instead of nac), or the wrong location (on the management instead of on the gateway). References:

1: CCTE Courseware, Module 9: Advanced Identity Awareness Troubleshooting, Slide 4

2: Check Point R81 Identity Awareness Administration Guide, Chapter 1: Introduction to Identity Awareness, Page 7

3: Check Point R81 Identity Awareness Administration Guide, Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Identity Awareness, Page 49

 = The RFL process is the Remote File Log process that is responsible for transferring logs from the Security Gateway to the Security Management Server1. If the RFL process is with status T, it means that it is terminated and not running2. This could explain why the logs are not seen in the SMS. To resolve this issue, one possible command to run is smartlog_server stop and smartlog_server restart3. This command will stop and restart the SmartLog server, which is the process that indexes and displays the logs in the SmartConsole. By restarting the SmartLog server, it may also restart the RFL process and resume the log transfer. Alternatively, one can also try to restart the RFL process directly by running cpwd_admin stop -name RFL and cpwd_admin start -name RFL. References: Check Point Processes and Daemons, sk97638 - Check Point Processes and Daemons, sk144192 - How to restart SmartLog server, [sk98348 - SmartLog / SmartView server functionality], [sk97638 - Check Point Processes and Daemons]

 The error message “SmartLog is not active or Failed to parse results from server” indicates that there is a problem with the SmartLog server process, which is responsible for indexing and querying the logs. One possible cause of this problem is a corrupted log file or a mismatched IP address in the logging configuration files. Another possible cause is a communication failure between the SmartLog server and the CPM process or the SmartConsole client. To resolve this issue, the first thing to try is to restart the SmartLog server process by running the command smartlog_server restart on the Security Management Server or the Log Server. This command will stop the SmartLog server, clean the buffer, and start it again. This may fix the corrupted log file or the communication issue. If the problem persists, other steps may be needed, such as checking the network connectivity, the firewall rules, the logging configuration files, the CPM process, or the SmartConsole client.