On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 19:57, Ekhaus, Dave wrote: > hi > > i just installed fedora and would like to know how to install the > cisco vpn client. can someone provide directions ? > > or alternatively, is it an option during the install ? if so - what > do i need to select during the install, and i can install it myself. > > also - how does one update their system with additional packages > after they've installed fedora. The Cisco VPN Client is not available through normal distribution channels, and is normally only available to customers of Cisco, and as such is not provided with the Fedora Core distribution. So there is no option to be found during its install process. However, if you happen to have the tarball from Cisco, or received it from your Admin, you need to make sure you have the linux release (naturally), and then you simply need to unpack the archive, and run the vpn_install shell script provided by Cisco. Once the build is complete, you will have a module installed that if selected during the build process, will start at boot time. Otherwise you would run the correct init and start it manually. However, you will need to modify the sample Profiles, or obtain/generate your own Profiles from your Admin, and insert the correct information. This normally includes, but is not limited to a user or group login and associated password, the ip of the secure gateway, and all the rest. These are normally located in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles and have a pcf extension by default. There are some install details included in the tarball you should have that explains this as well. Yell if you need more assistance. HTH! -- Michael B. Weiner, Linux+, Linux+ SME Systems Administrator/Partner The UserFriendly Network (UFN) -- Linux Registered User #94900 Have you been counted? http://counter.li.org --
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