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Thanks, this is info I have not been able to find elsewhere. I will |
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look at vpnc. |
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The configs are supplied by work, but being a weekend, its hard to ask |
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for directions. |
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BillK |
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On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 14:15 +0200, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:26:57 +0800 |
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> "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > I have just installed the cisco vpn client and cant figure how it |
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> > accesses the .pcf configs under gentoo. Can someone in the know tell me |
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> > how to specify a .pcf when issuing a /etc/init.d/vpnclient start ? |
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> There wouldn't be a point doing so. This just loads the kernel module, |
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> it doesn't setablish a connection at that point. |
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> > Where I work has given me a couple of different configs depending where |
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> > I access from, but the install cant seem to find them if I put them |
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> > in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles (and how would it choose one from |
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> > multiple profiles?). |
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> You have to connect using vpnclient itself. You can specify the profile |
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> then. It's "vpnclient connect profilename" if I remember correctly (for |
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> profilename.pcf). The kernel module just cares for packet injection in |
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> Linux's ip stack and brings a IPsec stack. |
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> Note that there's a more elegant solution with "vpnc" (also in |
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> portage), if it fits for you (still hasn't some functions of Cisco's |
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> client, but it's free and you don't have to use a binary proprietary |
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> kernel module). |
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> |
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> -hwh |
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William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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