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pgagnon
July 8th, 2011, 07:57 PM
Hi,

I have just installed Ubuntu 11.04 and the Cisco VPN client with :

apt-get install network-manager-vpnc
I have imported the PCF provided by my employer into the GUI. The group password also seems ok, when I login to the VPN server, I am provided with the "VPN Login message". (On *******, I get an Ok/Cancel popup with the same message). In Ubuntu, I don't get to click "Ok" but it looks like I'm connected properly.

The /var/log/syslog file contains numerous static routes added, 30 or so. After the Login Message, I see the couple of line:

Jul 8 12:40:51 ubuntu02 vpnc[1613]: can't open pidfile /var/run/vpnc/pid for writing
Jul 8 12:40:52 ubuntu02 NetworkManager[630]: <info> VPN connection 'VPN to my network' (IP Config Get) complete.

I get an IP from the external network correctly as well:

tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:172.16.10.170 P-t-P:172.16.10.170 Mask:255.255.255.0


However, I cannot ping any of the machine on the remote network. None of the network services seems to be accessible. For what I read, it could be a routing problem but I don't know how to resolve it.

Could someone have an answer on why the machines on the VPN are not accessible?

I'm a newbie to Linux, apologies in advance if any other useful information could have been provided.

Cheers.

pgagnon
July 8th, 2011, 09:56 PM
To add to say, my kernel version is: 2.6.38-8-generic, if helps

Nic Botha
July 21st, 2011, 02:19 PM
Have you figured out what the problem was?

Thanks
Nic

d4m1r
November 23rd, 2011, 04:58 AM
Had this same issue....I tried everything but I was not able to connect to my work PC for 4-5 days.

Trying googling "resolv.conf" or lookup how to use vpnc by command line. I am not sure what fixed the issue (IT guy did send out an email out to the office saying he would restart the firewall because it was acting up) but 1 day it started working via the command line so I used it that way to avoid breaking anything and now I am back to using VPNC under Network Manager...