Check Point - Basic Administration and Configuration Command Reference

List of basic Check Point administration and configuration command.

Command	Description
cpconfig	Menu based configuration tool. Options depend on the installed products and modules.
sysconfig	Start SPLAT OS and Check Point product configuration tool.
cp_conf admin add <user> <pass> <perm>	Add admin user with password pass and permissions perm where w is read/write access and r is read only. Note: permission w does not allow account administration.
cp_admin_convert	Export admin definitions created in cpconfig to SmartDashboard.
fwm lock_admin -v	View list of locked administrators.
fwm lock_admin -u <user>	Unlock admin user. Unlock all with -ua.
cp_conf admin del <user>	Delete the admin account user.
fwm expdate <dd-mmm-yyy> [-f <dd-mmm-yyyy>]	Set new expiration date for all users or with -f for all users matching the expiration date filter: fwm expdate 31-Dec-2020 -f 31-Dec-2014.
cp_conf client add <ip> cp_conf client del <ip>	Add/delete GUI clients. You can delete multiple clients at once.
cpca_client	Manage parts of the ICA. View, create and revoke certificates, start and stop the ICA Web Tool.
patch add cd <patch>	Install the patch <patch> from CD.
lvm_manager	Manage partition sizes on GAiA. See sk95566 for info and download link.
show users	Show configured users and their homedir, UID/GID and shell.
add user <user>	Add a new user with username <user>.
set user <user> shell <shell>	Set the login shell of user <user> to <shell>. Setting it to f.i. /bin/bash will log in <user> directly into expert mode.
set user <user> password	Set new password for <user>.
set selfpasswd	Change your own password.
set expert-password	Set or change password for entering expert mode.
save config	Save configuration changes.
showusers	Display a list of configured SecurePlatform administrators.
adduser <user>	Add a new user with username <user>.
chsh -s <shell> <user>	Change the login shell for <user> to <shell> on SPLAT .
passwd	Change your own password.
passwd	Change expert password in expert mode on SPLAT systems.
start transaction	Start transaction mode. All changes made will be applied at once if you exit transaction mode with commit or discarded if you exit with rollback.
show version os edition	Show which OS edition (32 or 64-bit) is running.
set edition default 32-bit|64-bit	Switch between 32 and 64-bit kernel. 64-bit needs at least 6GB of RAM (or 1GB running in a VM).