On 07/29/2011 02:10 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:
2011. július 28. 0:38 napon Robert Schweikert
írta: [snip]
vpnc does not need network manager. Setting up vpnc to a Cisco backend is pretty straight forward.
You have to make sure the tun module is loaded, configure your /etc/vpnc.conf file and off you go. If you only have an encrypted pass phrase from your Cicso config file it can be decrypted here:
http://coreygilmore.com/projects/decrypt-cisco-vpn-password/
The Gentoo instructions for vpnc are very useful, section 5 shows the config file setup.
Thank you. By your help I could easily set up and run vpnc. But I find it awkward: 1. It disconnects in the midlle of the work. It did it several times.
You will probably find this message in you /var/log/messages file: connection terminated by dead peer detection 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
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 :( HTH, Robert
Can these issues be fixed somehow?
Thanks,
Istvan
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