On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 07:19:34PM -0800, Jeff Simmons wrote: > On several of the boxes that I admin, starting ipsec on boot in the normal > way, i.e. from rc.conf.local, doesn't work. The problem 'seems' to be that > ipsec is looking for /var/run/isakmpd.pid, can't find it, and won't start. A > simple solution is to start ipsec from rc.local after starting isakmpd from > rc.conf.local. Not a big deal, just seems a kinda funky way to do things. > > -- > Jeff Simmons > jsimm...@goblin.punk.net > Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security > "You guys, I don't hear any noise. Are you sure you're doing it right?" > -- My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Since you neglect to give details about versions etc I think this report will be ignored further. I run several boxes with ipsec and I do not see your problem. -Otto