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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
