How to retrive expert password on checkpoint via CLI? Forgot my checkpoint expert password.

How to retrive expert password on checkpoint via CLI? Forgot my checkpoint expert password.

  November 28, 2018    Raj

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This happened to me and I want to make sure I share it with you so that you can fix it by yourself. I forgot my "expert" password and needed to reset it. What you need to do is: login to the device with admin/root credentials: checkpoint-fw-raj> show configuration Run command "show configuration", look at the very bottom and look for this command: set user admin password-hash $1$6LgE8X45fg23987hgjsi34/234sak Now...

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How to obtain config lock on checkpoint?

How to obtain config lock on checkpoint?

  November 28, 2018    Raj

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Hello, I logged into my Checkpoint firewall via CLI and could see that it could not acquire the config lock because the lock is now owned by some other client. checkpoint-fw-raj>CLINFR0509  Could not re-acquire the config lock because the lock is now owned by some other client.CLINFR0509  Failed to maintain the lock. Command not executed. I need to enter this command: checkpoint-fw-raj>lock...

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