Thanks again, Robert.
You will probably find this message in you /var/log/messages file:
connection terminated by dead peer detection
Yes there are a few of them. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
This is a know problem that AFAIK is being worked on upstream. I am not sure what triggers the disconnect, sometimes the connection stays up all day and other times it drops.
2. I don't know how I can run it as a regular user, not root. I googled but could not find a real solution. sudoing is not good for me.
You can setuid vpnc
I've set the suid bit on /usr/sbin/vpnc: # ls -l /usr/sbin/vpnc -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 141556 Feb 18 15:53 /usr/sbin/vpnc Now when I want to run vpnc as regular user, after entering the password I get: /usr/sbin/vpnc: Error binding to source port. Try '--local-port 0' If I run /usr/sbin/vpnc --local-port 0 I get (after the password entered): /usr/sbin/vpnc: can't initialise tunnel interface: Operation not permitted tun module is loaded: ~> lsmod|grep -i tun tun 15220 0
3. It is difficult to check whether the connection is up or not. With vpnclient I knew when the prompt came back the client disconnected. With vpnc I have to run ps and check the pid, or use newtworkmanager and check the connection name server number. Not very starightforward.
vpnc operates the other way around than vpnclient, when it comes back the connection is established. With the exception that it drops the connection at times :(
Anyway, it is not convenient. Entering a long command instead of pressing ctrl-C. If I could use kvpnc as regular user maybe would be more comfortable. By the way kvpnc looks very complicated at first sight. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org