Re: NetworkManager, Vpnc and Centos 5.3 Problem.

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 14:52 +0300, Abdullah Teke wrote:
> In my log files it seems everything ok. But when try to login or ping
> a server at behind of the vpn i cant reach.  
> 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Starting VPN service
> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc'... 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service
> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' started
> (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc), PID 22320 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN service
> 'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc' just appeared, activating
> connections 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state
> changed: 1 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state
> changed: 3 
> Jun  2 14:43:46 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN connection
> 'xxxxx' (Connect) reply received. 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN connection
> 'xxxxx' (IP Config Get) reply received. 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN Gateway:
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Tunnel Device: tun0 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Internal IP4
> Address: 10.255.0.89 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Internal IP4 Prefix:
> 29 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Internal IP4
> Point-to-Point Address: 10.255.0.89 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Maximum Segment Size
> (MSS): 0 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Internal IP4 DNS:
> 192.168.90.51 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  DNS Domain:
> '(none)' 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Login Banner: 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>
> ----------------------------------------- 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (null) 
> Jun  2 14:43:47 localhost NetworkManager: <info>
> ----------------------------------------- 
> Jun  2 14:43:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN connection
> 'xxxxx' (IP Config Get) complete. 
> Jun  2 14:43:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Policy set 'System
> eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS. 
> Jun  2 14:43:48 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin state
> changed: 4 
> 
> Now i used vpn in this way. I created an conf file included text below
> called xxx.vpn. 
> 
> IPSec gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> IPSec ID xxx-xxx
> IPSec obfuscated secret xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Xauth username xxxx-xxxx
> Xauth password xxxxxx
> 
> And then when i need to connect to vpn, i run the 
> 
> root localhost# vpnc <path_conf_file>/xxx.vpn
> 
> then i can connect successfuly. Bu i want to use networkmanager for
> this. 

Somebody said recently this was related to UDP encapsulation.  Try
changing from Cisco UDP -> NAT-T encapsulation in the connection editor.
See if that helps.

Dan

> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Michel Leunen <ml leunen com> wrote:
>         Hi Abdullah,
>         
>         I got the exact same problem with my Ubuntu 9.04. I reported
>         it here some days ago but received no solution yet.
>         
>         I can connect using vpnc but not through NetworkManager.
>         When I look in the log file /var/log/daemon.log, I see that
>         NetworkManager reports an error plugin:
>         
>         May 30 11:17:38 LinuxPC NetworkManager: <info>  VPN plugin
>         failed: 1
>         
>         This have no meaning for me so I hoped someone here could help
>         me.
>         
>         
>         Michel
>         
>         
>         Abdullah Teke a écrit :
>                 
>                 Hi;
>                 I have Centos 5.3 on my labtop and have to vpn a cisco
>                 vpn server. So i installed vpnc on my box. Then i want
>                 to integrate with NetworkManager and vpnc so i also
>                 installed NetworkManager-vpnc 7.0. I configured vpn
>                 connection and tried to connect. It looks like it
>                 connected but when i try to login my server at behind
>                 of the vpn server, i cant reach them. I check the
>                 routes and it looks like at below.
>                 
>                 [root localhost sysconfig]# route
>                 Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags
>                 Metric Ref    Use Iface
>                 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   10.15.1.1       255.255.255.255 UGH
>                 0      0        0 eth0
>                 10.255.0.136    *               255.255.255.248 U
>                 0      0        0 tun0
>                 10.15.0.0       *               255.255.0.0     U
>                 1      0        0 eth0
>                 default         *               0.0.0.0         U
>                 0      0        0 tun0
>                 
>                 Then i tried at the console and run the vpnc command
>                 and enter the vpn information from command line like
>                 below it is worked
>                 
>                 [root localhost sysconfig]# vpnc
>                 Enter IPSec gateway address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>                 Enter IPSec ID for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: xxx
>                 Enter IPSec secret for xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
>                 Enter username for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: xxx-xxx
>                 Enter password for xxx-xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
>                 VPNC started in background (pid: 19071)...
>                 
>                 I can reach my servers. There isnt any error while try
>                 with networkmanager vpnc, but it cant connect actually
>                 When i looked at routes again. It is shown the same
>                 values. Any idea?
>                 
>                 [root localhost sysconfig]# route
>                 Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags
>                 Metric Ref    Use Iface
>                 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   10.15.1.1       255.255.255.255 UGH
>                 0      0        0 eth0
>                 10.255.0.136    *               255.255.255.248 U
>                 0      0        0 tun0
>                 10.15.0.0       *               255.255.0.0     U
>                 1      0        0 eth0
>                 default         *               0.0.0.0         U
>                 0      0        0 tun0
>                 
>                 -- 
>                 Abdullah Teke
>                 ---------------------------
>                 
>                 abdullahteke gmail com <mailto:abdullahteke gmail com>
>                 www.abdullahteke.com <http://www.abdullahteke.com>
>                 
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