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how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

Prime — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:17:40 GMT

Need steps for creating Root ID and Password in CP FW

Re: how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

PhoneBoy — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:49:11 GMT

The user “admin” is root (uid 0).
This exists by default on all Gaia OS installations and cannot be disabled.
The user “root” also exists but it has no login shell and a disabled password by design.
The “root” account itself must exist for Expert mode (among other things) but directly logging into root is not supported.
See: https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk98678

It is possible to set the default shell for the user “admin” to /bin/bash which effectively gives you a root shell on the appliance.
What goal do you hope to achieve with logging in as the “root” user?

Re: how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

Prime — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:25:40 GMT

we need to monitor CP FW through new monitoring tool, for which we need to create root ID and Password to achieve the same.

Re: how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

Joseph_Audet — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:01:29 GMT

What monitoring tool are you trying to use, and what do you want to monitor?

Re: how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

PhoneBoy — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:12:08 GMT

I would think your monitoring tool would allow choosing an arbitrary user.
Like I said, logging in as admin should give your monitoring tool access to anything it might need.

Re: how to create Root ID and Password in CP FW

_Val_ — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:36:45 GMT

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R80.30/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R80.30_Gaia_AdminGuide/html_frameset.htm

Look under "User Management"