On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM -0500, Michael Weiner wrote: > 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. Uh, it's also important to note that the vpn_install script requires the kernel source, so install that first. Secondly, the insmod command contained in /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init will likely fail until you modify it to include "-f" to force the install. It's been like that ever since Next: you will have to open up the following two ports on your firewall: 500:udp 10000:udp there's some good info here: http://www.michnet.de/vpn/ There is a project called vpnc which is GPL'd and is purported to work with Concentrator 3000 series. Haven't tried it myself but it might be worth a shot. http://alioth.debian.org/projects/vpnc/ -- Pete Nuwayser <nuwayser@xxxxxxxxxxx> Federal Trade Commission
