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

[Jamie Jackson <myspamb8 gmail com>]

Off list, someone mentioned that I should try pcf2vpnc.

I found it in /usr/share/vpnc/pcf2vpnc

What would I do with the output of that? I piped it into a file and tried
to import it through NM's VPN Configuration's importer, but no luck,
so I figure that's not the right process.

Thanks,
Jamie

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Jamie Jackson<myspamb8 gmail com> 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.
>
> 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 I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when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
>