Cisco AnyConnect will not run

[Kerry Lange]

I'm trying to get Cisco AnyConnect to run in 16.04 without success. I keep running into the same error message and AnyConnect will not run. Here's the error message I get:


Warning: vpnagentd.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units.

If I run systemctl daemon, the command processes and nothing changes. AnyConnect will not run. The icon appears as though the program is installed but when I click it, the icon appears in the menu bar momentarily, goes away, and nothing more happens. I've run a system monitor to watch what happens but I don't see a Cisco or AnyConnect process run.

Any ideas of what to change?

BTW, AnyConnect is required by my workplace. I can't use OpenConnect or any other vpn software.

[houstonbofh]

I think AnyConnect will still require the OpenConnect libraries to integrate with networking. https://technicalsanctuary.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/installing-cisco-anyconnect-vpn-on-ubuntu-16-04/

[Kerry Lange]

I think AnyConnect will still require the OpenConnect libraries to integrate with networking. https://technicalsanctuary.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/installing-cisco-anyconnect-vpn-on-ubuntu-16-04/

Thanks for the suggestion! I've tried that (added the OpenConnect manager, etc.) but still no joy.

[houstonbofh]

Well, I am stumped. You might try opening a TAC request with Cisco if your company has smartnet.

[Kerry Lange]

Actually, I was wrong. OpenConnect works fine, at least from the command prompt. I used the following (found in another post) and it worked for me:


sudo openconnect vpn.name.com

I then used the default RDP client and was able to work from my desktop as though at my work desk.