set expert password

In the R81.10.X releases, these commands are available starting from the R81.10.00 version.

Description

Configures and changes the password for the Expert mode (the privileged shell) for the current user.

Note - This command applies only to the user who runs it.

To configure and change the Expert mode password

set expert password <password>

set expert password-hash <password_hash>

Parameters

Parameter

Description

password

Configures the password using a clear text password.

The password is fully visible as text on the terminal command line, or in the command history.

password_hash

Configures the password using an encrypted representation of the password.

The password is not visible as text on the terminal command line, or in the command history.

Use this option if you want to change passwords using a script.

You can generate the hash version of the password using standard Linux hash generating utilities.

Example Command

set expert password-hash $1$fGT7pGX6$oo9LUBJTkLOGKLhjRQ2rw1

Comments

To generate a password-hash, you can use this command on any Check Point Quantum Spark Appliance (in the Expert mode):

cryptpw -a md5 <password string>