Command line tool to stop, start or perform actions on Sentinel One agent

03/12/2021 0 354

DESCRIPTION:

SentinelCtl.exe is a command line tool that can be used to executes actions on Agent on a Windows endpoint. This can be typically used to  unprotect, unload/disable, load/re-enable, protect agent on your devices. We recommend that you do not use this for any other purpose unless Support suggests.

Press the Windows Start key.

Enter: cmd

Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Go to the [C:\Program Files\SentinelOne\Sentinel Agent <Version>]

To run the tool: SentinelCtl.exe <command> [options]

To see all options of a command: SentinelCtl.exe <command> -help

RESOLUTION:

Useful commands are as follows:-

> SentinelCtl.exe unprotect -k <S1 Passphrase>

This disables the anti-tampering. Please refer to end of the article on how to obtain S1 Passphrase.

> SentinelCtl.exe unload -m -a

This Stops the Agent services

> SentinelCtl.exe load -m -a

This Starts Agent services.

> SentinelCtl.exe protect

Set Anti-Tampering. Protects the Agent from unauthorized changes or uninstall.

> SentinelCtl.exe reload -m -a

Stop and then start the Agent services.

> SentinelCtl.exe is_scan_in_progress

To check if Full Disk Scan is in progress.

Return: Full disk scan in progress: with a value of True or False

> SentinelCtl.exe scan_folder -i path

To scan on a folder

Options:

-i, --infile

Folder to scan. If you do not use this parameter, the complete drive is scanned.

> SentinelCtl.exe is_scan_in_progress

To see if full disk scan is in progress

Returns: Full disk scan in progress: with a value of True or False

> SentinelCtl.exe status

To get the status of Agent services and policy basics.

Notes

Mitigation policy: none - The Agent does not enforce policy with mitigation.

Mitigation policy: quarantineThreat - The Agent enforces policy with kill and quarantine mitigation.

> SentinelCtl.exe ever_connected_to_management

Use this to check if S1 agent ever connected to management

Sample output

Mgmt key part: 4ba007899be132d45a1590ds4f2ff2f2f031c4ffa3

This command requires admin privileges (Run as Administrator) but does not require a passphrase.

> SentinelCtl.exe ie_protection [-e|-d] -k <passphrase>

This can be used to Enable or Disable IE protection. Requires reboot to apply.

Options:

-e, --enable

Enable IE protection.

-d, --disable

Disable IE protection.

Please note, S1 Passphrase can be obtained by Capture Client admin (from management console) for the device. Go to "Devices" section and download devices list. Look for "S1 Passphrase" for the respective device in the downloaded list. Screenshots provided below for reference.