From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E1Nth-0007Os-RF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:35:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j76CX8x1031471; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:33:08 GMT Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-08.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.40]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j76CRjCu025858 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:27:47 GMT Received: (qmail 4083 invoked from network); 6 Aug 2005 12:28:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) (203.59.166.20) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 6 Aug 2005 12:28:45 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93DF185D49 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:28:45 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22663-12 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:28:38 +0800 (WST) Received: from rattus.localdomain (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id E385985DF9 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:28:37 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How does cisco vpnclient find its .pcf file? From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050806141543.202b0e5d.hilse@web.de> References: <1123324017.19160.330.camel@bunyip> <20050806141543.202b0e5d.hilse@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home! Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:28:37 +0800 Message-Id: <1123331317.16905.104.camel@rattus.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain X-Archives-Salt: 5c106dc0-21e8-4a5a-ad5e-9dea61b300bc X-Archives-Hash: 3dacd32c329eb18b4303308da5fa6258 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" 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 -- William Kenworthy Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list