Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote:
> My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new
> profile for the new server.
> 
> For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf
> profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and
> was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN
> configuration GUI.

Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import
PCF files and get you most of the way there.  Is that not working for
some reason?  Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for
you automatically.

Dan


> However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the
> trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far.
> 
> What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in
> NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or
> some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as
> long as the end result is working VPN through NM.
> 
> (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the
> issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.)
> 
> I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when
> it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems).
> 
> NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100
> 
> Thanks,
> Jamie
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