[gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[W.Kenworthy]

I have just installed the cisco vpn client and cant figure how it
accesses the .pcf configs under gentoo.  Can someone in the know tell me
how to specify a .pcf when issuing a /etc/init.d/vpnclient start ?
Where I work has given me a couple of different configs depending where
I access from, but the install cant seem to find them if I put them
in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles (and how would it choose one from
multiple profiles?).

BillK


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Re: [gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:26:57 +0800
"W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> I have just installed the cisco vpn client and cant figure how it
> accesses the .pcf configs under gentoo.  Can someone in the know tell me
> how to specify a .pcf when issuing a /etc/init.d/vpnclient start ?

There wouldn't be a point doing so. This just loads the kernel module,
it doesn't setablish a connection at that point.

> Where I work has given me a couple of different configs depending where
> I access from, but the install cant seem to find them if I put them
> in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles (and how would it choose one from
> multiple profiles?).

You have to connect using vpnclient itself. You can specify the profile
then. It's "vpnclient connect profilename" if I remember correctly (for
profilename.pcf). The kernel module just cares for packet injection in
Linux's ip stack and brings a IPsec stack.

Note that there's a more elegant solution with "vpnc" (also in
portage), if it fits for you (still hasn't some functions of Cisco's
client, but it's free and you don't have to use a binary proprietary
kernel module).

-hwh
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Re: [gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[William Kenworthy]

Thanks, this is info I have not been able to find elsewhere.  I will
look at vpnc. 

The configs are supplied by work, but being a weekend, its hard to ask
for directions.

BillK


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

[David H. Askew]

 
> > Note that there's a more elegant solution with "vpnc" (also in
> > portage), if it fits for you (still hasn't some functions of Cisco's
> > client, but it's free and you don't have to use a binary proprietary
> > kernel module).
> > 

I agree, vpnc is the way to go.  Free, and more control ....

On a side note, I'm finishing up an official howto I wrote on setting up vpnc.

For more information, check http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97760.


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Re: [gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[William Kenworthy]

Thanks, I will look at this get back to it this avo.

BillK

On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 10:22 -0400, David H. Askew wrote:
>  > > Note that there's a more elegant solution with "vpnc" (also in
> > > portage), if it fits for you (still hasn't some functions of Cisco's
> > > client, but it's free and you don't have to use a binary proprietary
> > > kernel module).
> > > 
> 
> I agree, vpnc is the way to go.  Free, and more control ....
> 
> On a side note, I'm finishing up an official howto I wrote on setting up vpnc.
> 
> For more information, check http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97760.
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file?

[David H. Askew]

you can also see a draft version on the web here:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/draft/vpnc-howto.xml

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