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Unix Mount Commands

Samba mount -t cifs //[Windows IP]/[Share] /root/folder/ -o user=[username],pass=[password],nocase BSD mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f discimg.iso` /cdrom Solaris mkdir -p /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom ; mount -F hsfs -o ro `ls -al /dev/sr* | awk ‘{print “/dev/” $1 1}’` /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom

NSM – Files and Folders

There are 3 areas with NSM. DevSvr, GuiSvr and HaSvr. The following files and paths are based on NSM 2008. Below shows the main path structure (Redhat) and what each Server (Svr) does. /usr/netscreen/DevSvr/ – DevSvr – Logging and the NSM database/usr/netscreen/GuiSvr/ – GuiSvr – NSM GUI /usr/netscreen/HaSvr/  – HaSvr  – Backups and High Availability. … Read more

Solaris Files and Prompts

Solaris is a UNIX based (BSD derivative) operating system. Nativity based on Sun (SPARC) hardware, Solaris allows for high performance due to its lightweight and minimal design. Basic Configuration /etc/inittab – sets run-level (default 3, runs scripts under S, 2 and 3) /etc/init.d/ – boot scripts /etc/rc?.d/S* – links to scripts to be run on … Read more

PIX – ASDM Read Only Account

When trying to create a Read only account (Priv Level 5), and logging into the ASDM using your readonly account you receive the following error, you do not have sufficient privileges to execute commands required to load asdm Solution This is due to the privilege levels not being configured correctly. The following will give you … Read more

Check Point: Upgrade to R65 from R55 Causes Traditional Mode Issues

Issue Check Point have now replaced the “Support Key Exchange for subnets” with “VPN Tunnel Sharing” for Traditional mode VPNs. The problem this causes is when you upgrade to R65 is that the “Support Key Exchange for subnets”  setting isn’t transferred. With all Traditional VPN`s being set to “One VPN tunnel per subnet pair” as … Read more

Juniper Netscreen – NAT Explained

Source NAT Interface Based Source NAT – Allows the traffic to NAT its source IP to the IP address of the egress interface which it leaves. This feature is enabled on the interface via “NAT-Mode”. And can be disabled via using “Route Mode”. MIP – Provides a static NAT for the specified host, in which … Read more

Linux : Random Fact Generator

The command below with present you with a random fact, lynx -dump  randomfunfacts.com | grep -A4 “\[3\]”| tail -n1 You can place it into your ~/.bash_profile file so that you receive a random fact everytime you log in.

PIX / ASA – How to enable ICMP Inspect

Below shows you how to enable ICMP inspection on a PIX 8.0(4)28. Please Note : Below presumes you all ready have a policy map defined with the name of global_policy and this has already been assigned to your device using the service-policy command.  PIX(config-cmap)# policy-map global_policyPIX(config-pmap)# class inspection_defaultPIX(config-pmap-c)# inspect icmp

Netscreen – DDNS : Last response – not init

The below is based on the netscreen ns5gt and the firefox web browser. Issue After setting up your netscreen for DDNS, in the UI of your netscreen the last response is shown as ‘not-init‘ and within the CLI it shows ‘successful updates: 0‘. To get the id of you ddns config run just the command … Read more