Checkpoint VPN cookbook

This tutorial is based on a post from professor coruja

Basic Install

First of all, make sure you have these packages installed:

• libstdc++5 (32 bits):
• libpam0g

You can run these commands to check if the packages are already installed.

sudo apt list --installed|grep libstdc++5.*386
sudo apt list --installed|grep libpam0g.*386

If something is missing, install with:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5:i386 libpam0g:i386

Next, run the bash script snx_install.sh

bash snx_install_7075.sh

Troubleshooting

If snx command still fails to connect, try to install these libs:

sudo apt install lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32readline7 lib32gcc1 libpam0g:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libx11-6:i386

sudo apt install lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32readline7 lib32gcc1 libpam0g:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libx11-6:i386

Examples of use

Connect

The command below connect to a network vpn.company_domain.com with username your_username and prompts for a password:

snx -g -s vpn.company_domain.com -u your_username

If you wish to connect automaticaly to the network without prompt for a password you can store this line in your .profile:

echo "your_password" | snx -g -s vpn.company_domain.com -u your_username <&0

Don't forget to check the version of snx after connect:

Check Point's Linux SNX
build 800007075

Disconnect

snx -d