Re: VPNC - crash

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 10:09 -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
> When using Cisco .pcf profiles with no user authentication, only group
> based, network-manager is crashing.
> 
> Any way to diagnose the issues and post a bug?  Don't know if it is
> network-manager or vpnc causing the issue.
> 
> Looks like dbus is rejecting the null username:
> 
> May  3 09:49:33 greg-laptop NetworkManager: <WARNING>^I
> nm_vpn_service_stage3_connect_cb (): (VPN Service
> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc): could not start the VPN 'Anderon
> County Schools'.  dbus says: '(null)'  'Invalid VPN options.'. 
> May  3 09:49:33 greg-laptop NetworkManager: <information>^IVPN
> Activation (Anderon County Schools) failed. 
> May  3 09:49:33 greg-laptop NetworkManager: file nm-vpn-manager.c: line
> 447 (nm_vpn_manager_vpn_connection_died): assertion failed: (manager)
> May  3 09:50:20 greg-laptop kernel: [ 1257.516000] Cisco Systems VPN
> Client Version 4.8.00 (0490) kernel module loaded
> May  3 09:50:40 greg-laptop kernel: [ 1278.008000] cipsec0: no IPv6
> routers present
> 
> As you can see, the Cisco client works fine following.  We have several
> clients we use no usernames with to log into their networks.  Network
> manager dies completely in this instance.

Interesting; no user name?  Do they still require a password though?  In
any case, NM should accept blank username.

Dan